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Schools Out for Summer! Schools Out for EVER!
By: Janice Urbanik I am writing this as schools are letting out for the summer and am fondly singing Alice Cooper’s song in my head. On the last day of school, the sky was bluer, the sun was sunnier,...
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Do you want to live longer?
By: Jennifer Chubinski According to a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, four health behaviors contribute to a longer life. Those health behaviors are: not smoking, eating...
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
By: Janice Urbanik As I write this, it is “back to school time” again – and who among you don’t LOL when Staples airs its back to school commercials to the tune of “Most Wonderful Time of the Year”?...
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Access to Healthcare
By: Jennifer Chubinski In my last blog, I wrote about what we call, “up-stream factors” in health. Those are health behaviors that could help you live a longer and healthier life. Those behaviors...
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Measuring the Cincinnati Economy: Manufacturing
By: Janet Harrah The business press tends to focus on the latest data measuring the U.S. economy. They often report with breathless excitement the smallest movements in indicators, which range from the...
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Our Region on the Move
By: John Besl One of the truisms of demography is that there are only three components of population change: birth, death, and migration. We have little choice in the timing of our birth or death, but...
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Measuring the Cincinnati Economy: The Commodity Flow Survey (or how much...
By: Janet Harrah This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting data results from the 2012 Economic Census for the Cincinnati MSA. Last month we discussed Cincinnati’s manufacturing sector....
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County Health Rankings a great resource, but be sure to read the fine print
By: Jennifer Chubinski, in collaboration with Susan Sprigg, a public health consultant to Interact for Health What are the County Health Rankings? The County Health Rankings are part of an annual...
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Measuring the Cincinnati Economy: Construction
By: Janet Harrah This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting data results from the 2012 Economic Census for the Cincinnati MSA. The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official...
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New Kids on the Block: Child Migration Patterns, Part 2
By: John Besl In my last blog entry, I wrote about a measure of neighborhood residential mobility that’s derived from the American Community Survey. Since the measure is based on responses from a...
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Asians Largest Group of New Arrivals among Cincinnati’s Foreign-Born Population
By: Janet Harrah This month’s post examines the changing demographics of the region’s foreign-born population. A recent Census Bureau blog post noted that in recent years, China has replaced Mexico as...
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What should our region’s hospitals be doing to improve community health?...
By: Jennifer Chubinski The public health departments and healthcare systems in our region are collecting data and community feedback about what needs to be done to improve our region’s health. Not only...
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We are both nurses so why do you make more than me?
By: Janet Harrah A recent article in Career Outlook discussed occupations with big differences in high- and low-earning workers. For example, nationally judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates had...
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Cincinnati’s Middle Class
By: John Besl What’s the relative size of the middle class in Cincinnati, and how does it compare to other large places across the country? A recent study from Brookings employs the 2013 American...
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Becoming Hawaii: What would Ohio have to do to be #1 in Health Value?
By: Jennifer Chubinski Readers interested in health should check out the Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s health value dashboard available here. The institute has gone to great lengths to create a...
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Measuring the Cincinnati Economy: Accommodation and Food Services
By: Janet Harrah This month, we resume our series of blog posts highlighting data results from the 2012 Economic Census for the Cincinnati MSA. To date, we have summarized the trends in construction,...
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County Health Rankings a great resource, but be sure to read the fine print
By: Jennifer Chubinski, in collaboration with Susan Sprigg, a public health consultant to Interact for Health What are the County Health Rankings? The County Health Rankings are part of an annual...
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Measuring the Cincinnati Economy: Construction
By: Janet Harrah This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting data results from the 2012 Economic Census for the Cincinnati MSA. The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official...
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New Kids on the Block: Child Migration Patterns, Part 2
By: John Besl In my last blog entry, I wrote about a measure of neighborhood residential mobility that’s derived from the American Community Survey. Since the measure is based on responses from a...
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