DataGeekB

@DataGeekB@mastodon.social

I live for evidence-based policymaking (especially for equity, public health, housing, and transportation).

I toot about social and demographic trends in the U.S. (especially #2020Census and #ACSdata).

I over-use parentheses.

And I love a good #GeekJoke.

Vivo en SoCal.

#Demography #Sociology #Equity #Poverty #Fertility #Mortality #PublicHealth #PublicPolicy #SciComm

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DataGeekB, to geopolitics

That TFR keeps dropping...
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf

@demography @sociology

DataGeekB, to geopolitics

Call for applicants!!!

  1. ACS Data Users Group SC will provide feedback to PRB & the Census Bureau on ACS-related activities, data products, dissemination channels, and/or methods.

  2. Decennial Census Data Users Group SC will help guide the development of a new online forum where data users can discuss matters related to decennial census data products.

Apply by 4/4/24
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/steering-committee-members-for-data-user-groups.html

#Demography #Census #2020Census #2030Census @demography @sociology @economics @epidemiology

DataGeekB, to geopolitics

If you see anyone parroting the talking points of a certain tech billionaire, maybe get them to watch this video
(which includes thoughtful commentary from the brilliant Jennifer Sciubba):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mOHelAH44

PS
It might also be useful for anyone who's teaching on population topics.

#Demography #Population #PopulationTrends #Migration #Fertility #Mortality @demography @sociology

realTuckFrumper, to random
@realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social avatar

Singapore’s Prime Minister Urges Citizens to Have More Babies During Year of the Dragon https://time.com/6693126/singapore-dragon-year-babies-prime-minister/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

DataGeekB,

@realTuckFrumper It will be interesting to see if the Year of the Dragon results in a baby bump.

DataGeekB, to Health

Read this today and it's such a concise encapsulation of sweeping problems facing the U.S. It's worth a read.

Why is the US still in such poor health, despite its wealth?
A decade ago, a study showed that the US had the lowest life expectancy among high-income countries. Why are things still getting worse, asks Laudan Aron.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413687-why-is-the-us-still-in-such-poor-health-despite-its-wealth/
#Health #lifeexpectancy #Mortality #Healthcare #StructuralRacism #GunViolence #MentalHealth #PublicPolicy #Safetynet

DataGeekB, to datascience

Who here does the monthly Data Infrastructure quiz that Steve Pierson/ASA publish each month?

I've been playing for ages and FINALLY got a 5/5!!!

https://www.amstat.org/policy-and-advocacy/count-on-stats

#Data #DataScience #Demography @demography a.gup.pe

DataGeekB, to datascience

Do you care about using data for good?

Join APDU on January 17th for a discussion of the Do No Harm Guide: Collecting, Analyzing, and Reporting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data with Jonathan Schwabish, Urban Institute

Register: https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwld-2upz4tHdGSqS867RNWbCjFnAT4OSOs#/registration

@demography @sociology @economics @education

PopResearchCtrs, to DadBin
@PopResearchCtrs@sciences.social avatar

New research provides insight into parental-child estrangement in the U.S., describes differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality, and discusses implications. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304343

@demography @sociology #Family

DataGeekB,

@pzriddle @PopResearchCtrs @demography @sociology Ohh... That's a really good question. To me the key difference is the "and" bit here: "less than monthly contact and scoring low on relationship quality." If someone moved away for economic reasons but still felt connected, that wouldn't count as estranged. Same would go for deployed troops during WWI, WWII, Vietnam, etc... Might not have talked to family for long stretches but could still have high quality / ability to reconnect.

DataGeekB, to geopolitics

Census Bureau experts recommend NOT using the Post Enumeration Survey (PES) to update the 2020 population estimates because "While the PES is helpful in identifying coverage issues at the national level, it is not able to identify them as accurately at lower levels of geography because of its design. The PES sample size was simply too small."

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2023/12/recommendations-2020-pes-coverage-results-in-vintage-2023-pop-estimates.html

@demography @sociology #Population #Census #Data #Demography #Statistics

KidsData, to DadBin

💭 Thoughts on this complicated topic?

At least 29 states have policies restricting or eliminating exclusionary discipline, and a 2016 national survey found that 17,000 3- and 4-year-olds had been expelled in the previous year, Jenny Gold reports.
https://lat.ms/3Tiba5w

@edutooters #Children #Education #EarlyEducation #Preschool

DataGeekB,

@AlliFlowers @KidsData @edutooters I can think of at least 2 reasons why children would be in preschool: Working parents and that high quality preschool (like Head Start) has repeatedly been found to be beneficial for children. What alternative would you propose?

DataGeekB,

@AlliFlowers @KidsData @edutooters

Ah! Two clarifications are in order, then.

The article is talking about 4 year olds (and, yes, 3 year olds, too).

While the article often uses the term preschool, the law is for "child care centers." At age 3 (and often at 4) the institution might be called "preschool" but tends to look and function like daycare. I've seen "daycares" that start worksheets at age 3 (eww). The lines btwn daycare/preschool aren't always crisp, but effects of suspension are.

DataGeekB, to Health

Today, a young American woman between the ages of 25 and 34 face higher mortality rates than at any other point in more than 50 years. And had the mortality rate remained flat between 2000 and 2021, nearly 40,000 young women would not have died.
~Sara Srygley of PRB

https://www.prb.org/articles/today-young-women-in-the-united-states-are-more-likely-to-die-than-at-any-point-since-the-1960s/

@demography @sociology @publico_bot #Health #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Mortality #Data #Trend #Statistics #Overdose #COVID #COVID19 #Safety #Wellbeing #MeToo

DataGeekB,

Yep. I made the team triple check the data before we published anything. But it's true.
Part of the story is pandemic deaths, but a lot is rising rates of suicide, homicide, pregnancy-related mortality--and a whole bunch of other things that were going in the wrong direction before 2020.

@berlinfokus @demography @sociology @publico_bot

DataGeekB, to demography

Presentation today at the National Advisory Committee mtg to review test results for potential changes to ACS. Changes under consideration include:

📊 Household roster
📊 SNAP
📊 Educational attainment
📊 Health insurance coverage
📊 Disability*
📊 Labor force
📊 Income
📊 Sewer (new)
📊 Electric vehicles (new)
📊 Solar panels (new)

Any changes would be implemented in 2025.

*Changes to the disability question are... controversial. Stay tuned!

https://www.census.gov/about/cac/nac/meetings/2023-11-meeting.html

#Census #ACSdata @demography

stevesilberman, to random
@stevesilberman@newsie.social avatar

Oh, this would go well: RFK Jr. says that as President, he would stop the NIH from studying infectious diseases for 8 years. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-comes-home-anti-vaccine-group-commits-break-us-infectious-disea-rcna123551

DataGeekB,

@stevesilberman Wow. That's... something.

futurism, to random

Could a ravenous bacteria help us tackle plastic pollution? https://t.co/L1XcFTFNAV

DataGeekB,

@futurism Isn't this how horror movies start?

DataGeekB, to statistics

NEW income data:
Between 2021 and 2022, median household income fell.
Poverty rates remained the same.
Supplemental poverty rate ROSE.
Income hasn't regained its 2019 peak.
Child poverty is higher in 2022 than it was in 2019.

Details https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2023/income-poverty.html

#Income #Poverty #Data #Statistics #Trend #Economics #Economy #Inequality #PublicPolicy

DataGeekB, to geopolitics

📣 Calling all Census afficionados:
Here's your chance to help shape the 2030 Census!

The Census Bureau is requesting nominations of members representing stakeholder organizations, groups, interests, and viewpoints to the 2030 Census Advisory Committee.

Details and how to nominate (yourself or someone else):
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/25/2023-18341/2030-census-advisory-committee

@sociology @demography #2020Census #2030Census #Demography #Population #Data #Statistics #FederalStatistics

DataGeekB, to random

Wanna know where small towns really surpass their big city cousins?
Death.
Try that in a small town, indeed. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-in-rural-areas-die-at-higher-rates-than-those-in-urban-areas

brian, to random
@brian@hoosier.social avatar

I’ve never found a task manager that I like. I’ve tried em all and nothing sticks. I keep falling back to sending myself an email and, if it is in my Inbox, it is a to-do.

DataGeekB,

@brian There are SO MANY productivity think-pieces out there that say don't do this but... IT WORKS.

DrTCombs, to random
@DrTCombs@transportation.social avatar

I thought #APA was joking 2 years ago when they tweeted about "clearing the runway for personal air taxis" but this pretty much seals it up for me:

https://twitter.com/APA_Planning/status/1653067392686211072

#Planning #UrbanPlanning

DataGeekB,

@DrTCombs Yikes

stevesilberman, to random
@stevesilberman@newsie.social avatar

Just say it plainly: New study shows #GOP laws are driving young #LGBTQ+ people to #suicide.

No more bullshit, no more "tolerance" for #Republican homophobia. They're murderers.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/01/mental-health-lgbtq-youth/

DataGeekB,

@stevesilberman
Yep. And this new study builds on years of prior research about risks and protective factors, so it's not just some fluke finding...

https://sfba.social/@KidsData/109423927425207784

Direct link to research summary: https://www.prb.org/articles/lgbtq-youth-and-young-adults-are-coming-out-into-a-polarized-environment-and-finding-valuable-school-and-community-support/

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