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, 2024
Data Source
American Community Survey (ACS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1Select records from the dataset where
HHLDRAGEPis greater than or equal to 65 to focus on adults age 65 or older. - 2Filter households where
NPequals 1, indicating single-person households (living alone). - 3Identify households without vehicles using the
VEHcolumn, where values from 0 to 0.99 represent No vehicles. - 4Use the
STATEcolumn to aggregate data by state for the map-chart visualization. - 5Apply the weight column
WGTPto calculate weighted counts and percentages. - 6Calculate the share of single-person households age 65 or older without vehicles for each state.
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, 2024
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