Comparison of Coding Schemas for Rural-Urban Designations with New York State Counties and Birth Outcomes as Exemplars

Atav, A. Serdar; Darling, Rosa

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“…Level of rurality can be determined through coding schemas such as US Census Bureau codes (US Census Bureau, n.d.), Rural‐Urban Continuum codes (RUCC) (United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, or National Center for Statistics codes . Since rural locations may lack specialty services for the pregnant population and their infants with poorer birth outcomes, the coding schema used to determine allocation of funds will help ensure that the most appropriate policies and programs are implemented …”

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Measuring birth outcomes in New York State using a multidimensional approach

Darling

Atav

2017

Nurs Forum

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Measuring birth outcomes in New York State using a multidimensional approach

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Atav

2017

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“…From a researcher's perspective, prior papers have shown the sensitivity of findings to the rural coding scheme used (Atav & Darling, 2012; McAndrews et al, 2016). To illustrate, recent work used the constantly changing National Center for Education Statistics’ definition of rural to demonstrate that the definition affects findings on college completion (Manly et al, 2020).…”

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Toward a New Rural Typology: Mapping Resources, Opportunities, and Challenges

Khalaf

Michaud

Jolley

2021

Economic Development Quarterly

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While the concept of rurality has been debated in academic and professional literature for decades, less research has been done on a practical typology that can guide localized economic development strategies. This paper adds to the growing body of literature in search of a more nuanced definition of rural by applying unsupervised machine learning (ML) to the abundance of existing county-level data in the United States. The authors illustrate how this method can lead to a new county typology, named after economic development strategies, that accounts for idiosyncrasies in resources, opportunities, and challenges. This research serves as a practical step toward tractable, heterogeneous classifications that can inform the work of federal, state, and local policy makers, economic development practitioners, and many others.

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Local Governance and Redistributive Policy: Explaining Local Funding for Public Defense

Davies¹,

Worden²

2017

Law Soc Rev

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In many American states, public defense is provided at the county rather than state level (Langton & Farole ). Local governments have discretion over implementing and funding the right to counsel, resulting in considerable variability in programs and funding levels. Placing this issue in the theoretical context of redistributive policies and politics, we investigate decisions on funding this service across upstate New York counties. Using as a point of departure Paul Peterson's classic explication of community politics, we first model variation in funding as a function of counties' fiscal capacity, need for services, and costs of supplying legal representation. We also test Peterson's prediction that local political factors will play little if any role in budget decisions. Second, through interviews with program administrators we explore the characters of twelve defender programs in which expenditures departed from the model's predictions. We find that three factors—which we term “influence,” “infrastructure,” and “ideas"”—also vary directly with levels of funding. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings for theoretical thinking about due process policies and local politics, and for policy debate over how best to ensure adequate counsel in criminal court.

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Comparison of Coding Schemas for Rural-Urban Designations with New York State Counties and Birth Outcomes as Exemplars

Cited by 3 publications

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Measuring birth outcomes in New York State using a multidimensional approach

Measuring birth outcomes in New York State using a multidimensional approach

Toward a New Rural Typology: Mapping Resources, Opportunities, and Challenges

Local Governance and Redistributive Policy: Explaining Local Funding for Public Defense

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