by Polis Center | Nov 3, 2016 | Poverty & Income
This is part of our IndyVitals blog series, exploring the data behind IndyVitals.org. Poverty does not affect all populations equally. Unfortunately, women, people of color, and people with less education are statistically more likely to fall below the poverty line....
by Jim Dowling | May 2, 2016 | Equity, Health
Article You May Have Missed: The April 11, 2016 issue of the The New York Times featured the article, “The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters.” This topic resonates with the Polis Center and SAVI as we prepared a report on a...
by Jim Dowling | May 27, 2015 | SAVI Tools
A Q&A session with SAVI’s own Jay Colbert Hey Jay, what took so long? Jay: Data consumers (you) love the idea of data by ZIP Codes. Everyone knows which ZIP Code they live in, and people often know many other ZIP Codes around. And, they aren’t a bad size...
by Polis Center | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every spring and fall, SAVI staff attends the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) meeting, which was held in Pittsburgh this year. It’s a great opportunity to collaborate with and learn from the NNIP’s diverse and extensive group of partners in 35...
by Jim Dowling | Feb 23, 2015 | Demographics
Recently, a SAVI user with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) contacted us to help compile and visualize data on population change in Central Indiana between 2000 – 2013. NAMB works with churches, associations, and state conventions to plant new churches in...