indicator
Access to Vehicles
Access to Vehicles
Description
Share of Adults Age 65 or Older and Living Alone that Do Not Have a Vehicle Kept at Home for Their Use, by State, 2020
Data Source
American Community Survey (ACS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1Filter the dataset to include only records where
R65indicates the presence of a person aged 65 or older, using values 1 or 2. - 2Select households with one person using the
NPcolumn, whereNP=1means a single-person household. - 3Identify households without vehicles using the
VEHcolumn, whereVEH=0means no vehicles available. - 4Apply the weight column
WGTPto each record to account for survey design and population representation. - 5Aggregate the weighted counts by
STto calculate state-level shares of single-person households aged 65 or older without vehicles. - 6Calculate the share as the weighted number of single-person households without vehicles divided by the total weighted number of single-person households aged 65 or older in each state.
Source Variables using this Indicator (14)
Visuals Using This Indicator (1)
Share of Adults Age 65 or Older and Living Alone that Do Not Have a Vehicle Kept at Home for Their Use, by State, 2020
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