Table 2 |
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Data sources for school neighborhood characterization. |
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| Items |
Factors |
Spatial Unit |
Data Sources |
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| Neighborhood Unit |
School attendance boundary |
School |
CPS (Chicago Public School Board) http://www.cps.k12.il.us/schools webcite |
| Health Outcome |
BMI |
School |
CLOCC(Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children) http://www.clocc.net webcite |
| Land use |
Patch of various sizes |
NIPC (Northern Illinois Planning Commission) http://www.nipc.org webcite |
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| AADT(Average Annual Daily Traffic) |
Street segment |
IDOT(Illinois Department of Transportation) http://www.dot.state.il.us webcite |
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| Built Environment |
Public park, playground |
Patch of various sizes |
Chicago Department of Information and Business Service http://www.cityofchicago.org webcite |
| Bike routes |
Line |
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| Subway stations |
Point |
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| Violent crime rate |
Community area |
Chicago Police Department http://www.cityofchicago.org webcite |
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| Social Environment |
Student race/ethnicity |
School |
CPS http://www.cps.k12.il.us/schools webcite |
| Sociodemographics |
Block/tract |
US Census 2000 http://www.census.gov webcite |
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Zhang et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:14 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-14 |
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