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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"ZIP code"”.
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Designing for a new "ZIP code destiny"
… one of the reasons that America is the land of “ZIP code destinies”: the geographic and social contexts in which a child grows up often dramatically affect the opportunities they are able to capitalize on. Advances in social media and communications platforms were supposed to create new …
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Ecologic factors and tick-borne relapsing fever in the western United States: county and zip code analyses
… This study employed ArcGIS to map counties and zip codes with identified cases of TBRF and neighboring control counties and zip codes. A total of 140 counties with reported cases of TBRF, identified in a previous publication, and 243 counties with no reported cases in 12 states were included in …
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Predicting the number of potential military recruits over the next ten years with application to recruiter placement
… (2) recruiter assignment histories; (3) station ZIP codes; and (4) predicted populations within each ZIP code. ZIP code-level analysis was performed on more than 4 million records provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). The records consisted of all military applicants (those who …
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Socio-spatial inequalities in late-stage cancer diagnosis in Illinois: spatiotemporal trends and methodological challenges
… methodological challenges surrounding the use of ZIP codes as a study unit in analyzing late-stage cancer at diagnosis. Given that my dissertation follows the ‘three-paper’ format, the abstract section is divided into three parts to describe each paper respectively. The first paper entitled …
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Spatial Distribution of Obesity among West Virginia 5th Grade Children: Analysis of the Socioeconomic, Physical, and Personal Environment
… in age from 10-12 years old with a verifiable zip code for the state of WV. Study indicators used to quantify socioeconomic, physical, and personal environmental attributes were derived from various data sources. Data were gathered for the academic school years of 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. …
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Maternal Residential Proximity to Central Appalachian Surface Mining and Adverse Birth Outcomes
… births records from VA, WV, KY, and TN were geocoded and assigned amount of surface mining within a 5km radius of residence (street-level). Births were also assigned exposures based on the amount of surface mining within residential ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) (ZIP code-level). Using linear …
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Spatial Analysis of Hospital Service Areas in Southwest Missouri
… area geographically displays patient origin by ZIP code regions within the study area. The time-distance service area shows that ZIP code regions are within a thirty-minute travel time of each hospital. Other factors and related data are included to contribute to the thesis. Ten factors dealing …
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A Nonparametric Bounds Approach for Hedonic Housing Price Indexes With an Application to the Southern California Market 1996 to 2008
… The approach is used to construct both metro and zip code level price indexes from a sample of over one million transactions from 1996 to 2008 in Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas collected by a mortgage technology firm, FNC. Although the bounds approach has less identifying power, it …
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Geographical health data maps for Carle Foundation Hospital and the assessment of rural cancer rates in Illinois
… a few well-known risk factors on county and ZIP Code levels, including pesticides use, poverty level, income, water pollution, tap water quality, and industrial wastes. In these analyses, no significant correlation was found between the cancer incidence rate and the environmental and …
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A comparison of downtown and suburban office markets
… from the establishment data available by zip code from the U.S. Census Bureau. By using employment data at the zip code level, the study is able to split the MSA into downtown and suburban markets. The study focuses on six industries thought to use the majority of office space.
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Impact of distributed generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on the Massachusetts transmission system
… consumption data for 2004 to 2014 for each ZIP code in MA. Additional information such as population, land availability, average solar radiance, number of households, and other demographic data per ZIP code was also added to improve the accuracy of the model. For example, ZIP codes with …
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The Effect of Industry Agglomeration On the Survival of New Establishments In South Carolina
… industry concentration and the narrower zip code levels. We also find evidence of a non-monotonic relation between agglomeration (industry cluster) strength and establishment survival, suggesting a positive impact on survival until congestion becomes an overwhelming factor.</p>
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Travel Distance, Rurality and Area Socioeconomic Position As Predictors of Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Patients Who Get Access to Primary Care Practitioners
… was used to calculate distance between patients' zip code centroids and the endoscopy center where their PCP performed colonoscopy. Distance is analyzed as a continuous variable. The Rural Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA 2.0) classification system was used to classify patients' residence zip code into …
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An Examination of Factors that Influence Health Behaviors among Low Income African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes in Memphis, TN: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Mixed Methods
… obesity and type 2 diabetes. In Memphis, TN, the ZIP codes of 38106 and 38109 have the highest rates of diabetes hospitalizations in the city. Further, African American women in Memphis, TN have been identified as being most vulnerable to experiencing a potentially avoidable hospitalization due to …
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Optimal distribution of revenue generating assets in an agricultural cooperative retail system
… data in the Maryland region, including sales by zip code. Linear and integer programming were used to maximize profit across nine stores given those stores' 1983 gross margin percentages, operating costs, and asset capacities. The optimal solutions of several scenarios indicated that several …
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Built Environment and Risk of Obesity in the United States: A Multilevel Modeling Approach
… countywide. The third study added another level (zip code area) to the MLM analysis of the BRFSS data in Utah. The results showed that at the zip code level, poverty rate and distance to parks are significant and negative covariates of the odds of overweight and obesity; and at the county level, …
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The Relationship between Race and Ethnicity and Serious Safety Events in Hospitalized Patients
… spoken), health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care location, and severity of event; 2) the relationships between the select patient sociodemographic variables, health insurance coverage, patient zip code, payer mix, site of care location and SSE level of harm; and …
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Influence of Social and Environmental Factors on FEMA Claims During Flood Disasters in St. Louis, MO.
… its limitations. Using publicly available ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)-level data, the analysis examines this association and its variation by a set of environmental and social factors, which were drawn from the literature. Elevation, tree canopy, impervious surface, and redlining …
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The impact of school resource officers on students' feelings of safety
… based on race, gender, and primary residence zip code. The high schools chosen had an SRO program for at least 4 years, including the 2023–2024 academic year when the surveyed students were seniors.
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City of Denton Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Management Strategies
… participation rates varied significantly by zip code and by home value categories but not by gender. Denton is fairly progressive in its waste management approach when compared to demographically similar cities on a 15-question assessment though recommendations for improvement have been …
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