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Child poverty and education in La county

Child poverty and education in La county. Jasmine Tilley 12/6/10 UP 206A Final. Research questions. How do child poverty, school enrollment, household income, and adult educational attainment in LA County relate to one another?

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Child poverty and education in La county

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  1. Child poverty and education in La county Jasmine Tilley 12/6/10 UP 206A Final

  2. Research questions • How do child poverty, school enrollment, household income, and adult educational attainment in LA County relate to one another? • What is the quality of the schools the poorest children in LA have access to?

  3. Definitions • “child” = under the age of 18 • “adult” = ages 18 and over, unless otherwise noted • “API” = Academic Performance Index • All data is by census tract

  4. % Children Not Enrolled in School % Children in Poverty

  5. % Adults >25 Without A HS Diploma % Adults in Poverty

  6. % Adults >25 Without A HS Diploma % Children Not Enrolled in School

  7. Census Tracts With the Most Children in Poverty Census Tract With Highest Population

  8. All Schools Within a 2 mile Radius

  9. Model

  10. Elementary Schools

  11. Middle Schools

  12. High Schools

  13. % Middle School Aged Children

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  16. Conclusions • Children are more likely to not be enrolled in school when their parents are poor and/or do not have a high school diploma. • The majority of poor children who are enrolled in school are enrolled in schools of very poor quality.

  17. Sources • American Fact Finder: Children in Poverty, School Enrollment, Poverty Status by Age, Educational Attainment, Census Tract data, LA Streets data • All school data retrieved on 12/1/10 from the LA Times at: http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/westlake/schools/?q=752+South+Alvarado+Street&lat=34.0551571&lng=-118.2776279&g=Google+Maps

  18. Skills Used: • Inset map- Children in Poverty, Census Tracts with the Most Children in Poverty, Census Tract with Highest Population • Geoprocessing- All maps • Graduated Symbol- Enrollment and API symbology • Attribute subset selections- All maps • Boundary subset selections- % Middle School Aged Children (tracts that intersect with buffer) • Aggregating attribute fields- % Adults Without a HS Diploma, % Middle School Aged Children • Creating indices- All maps with %’s • Original data- Schools • Geocoding- Address locator for schools • Metadata- Schools • Measurement- Buffer for schools slides • Modeling- Layouts showing API and Enrollment varied by grade level of school

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