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, 2023
Data Source
American Community Survey (ACS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1Select records from the dataset where
HHLDRAGEPis 65 or older andNPequals 1, indicating adults age 65 or older living alone. - 2Identify households without vehicles using the
VEHcolumn, whereVEH=0means no vehicles kept at home. - 3Apply the weight column
WGTPto each record to account for survey sampling design. - 4Aggregate the weighted counts by
STATEto calculate the share of adults age 65 or older living alone without a vehicle in each state. - 5Calculate the percentage by dividing the weighted count of households without vehicles by the total weighted count of households with adults age 65 or older living alone within each state.
- 6Present the results as a state-level map showing the share of this population without vehicle access.
Source Variables using this Indicator (17)
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, 2023
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