{"id":29012,"date":"2023-04-20T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=29012"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:00:51","slug":"people-in-poor-communities-are-just-as-active-in-local-community-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=29012","title":{"rendered":"people in poor communities are just as active in local community work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/\"> Equity in America<\/a> website is an experiment in data-visualization and public education. We have assembled a dataset with detailed information about the social conditions of thousands of Americans that we use for interdisciplinary academic <a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/publications\/\">research<\/a>. We have also created a <a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/\">homepage<\/a> where people who need no background at all in statistics can explore selected variables to help understand and debate equity in America. By clicking any pair of variables, you generate a graphic with a pie chart, a plain-language sentence, and a map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have just posted the latest wave of data, from 2022. I used it to check the percentage of people who live in America&#8217;s poorest ZIP codes who say they are involved in working with other people to address community problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This definition of civic engagement sets a fairly high bar, and only <a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/?year=survey_year_2022&amp;ac1=a1liaaw_hpr&amp;ac2=a2cpe_cps#TuftsEquityResearch\">9% report community problem-solving<\/a>. However, our website also shows that the rate is <a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/?year=survey_year_2022&amp;ac1=a1liaaw_hmi&amp;ac2=no-variable#TuftsEquityResearch\">10% among all Americans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/equityresearch.tufts.edu\/?year=survey_year_2022&amp;ac1=a1liaaw_hmi&amp;ac2=a2cpe_cps#TuftsEquityResearch\">10% in ZIP codes with incomes above the national median<\/a>. In short, there is no significant relationship between community income and problem-solving. And 10 percent of American adults is about 25 million people&#8211;enough to get a lot done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I illustrate this post with a slightly different graphic. It shows that the percentage of community problem-solvers in the household-income range of $25,000-$50,000 is relatively high, at 12%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to our data, the national rate of community problem-solving is down 3 points compared to 2021 (and the decline is outside the margin of error), but I&#8217;d want to look at a longer time-series than ours to get a sense of whether this rate fluctuates regularly or shows a meaningful trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, my main invitation is to explore the data with our user-friendly tool. You don&#8217;t have to be interested in civic engagement. It also presents data on pet-ownership, diabetes, COVID vaccination, and a diverse selection of other topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Equity in America website is an experiment in data-visualization and public education. 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