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COST OF LIVING CONSIDERATIONS       A good factor to evaluate in the consideration of a stable and prosperous economy includes an examination of an individual’s ability to cover monthly expenses including medicines with their income. Like employment status, the COVID-19 pandemic must be taken into consideration as having an impact on the local …

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EMPLOYMENT OF RESPONDENTS       Prior to the COVID-19, pandemic, Kentucky had an unemployment rate that was significantly higher than the United States at 4.3% compared with 3.5% respectively as of December 20191. As our surveys were collected across a time period that spanned into the pandemic response when many businesses were shut down …

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HIGHER EDUCATION DEBT OF RESPONDENTS       Of those respondents indicating completion of higher education, on average 43% across all four counties have student loan debt, with 34.2%, 47.5%, 46.7%, and 39.8% in Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, and Pendleton Counties, respectively. Additionally, 14.5% of respondents without a degree or completed trade school have student loan …

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EDUCATION OF RESPONDENTS       It is well-documented that education has a direct correlation with health outcomes including morbidity, and mortality. Of those responding, nearly 39% in all four counties have some form of higher education from Trade/Vocational school to Doctorate and Professional Degrees. More than half of all residents have completed high school …

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GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION       The dispersion of individuals across our counties helps us to identify smaller geographic hotbeds for issues but is also effective in pinpointing areas where a program, intervention, or solution is working well. Through the identification of these smaller geographic locations, we can focus our attention to assess the scalability of …

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MARITAL STATUS       Of those responding, the vast majority are married or involved in a domestic partnership representing more than 60% of respondents in each of our four counties and nearly 70% in Owen County. While this may not be representative of the entire population in each county, it does however afford us …

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AGES REPRESENTED       Most survey respondents represent those who are between the ages of 26 and 39, representing 44% across all four counties followed by those between the ages of 40 and 54 at 23.9%. The lowest age demographic represented includes those under the age of 26 at only 7.5% of respondents.  18-25 …

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PARTICIPANT ETHNICITIES       Of our respondents, Carroll County has the highest percentage of persons identifying as Hispanic at 9.7%, followed by Gallatin at 5.1% as compared to Owen and Pendleton counties both having less than 1%. Census estimates reflect 6.7%, 5.5%, 3% and 1.4% of the entire populations in Carroll, Gallatin, Owen & …

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PARTICIPANT RACES       Population estimates as published by the United States Census Bureau 2019, reflect slightly higher estimates of the race white alone as compared with our survey respondents in Carroll, Gallatin, and Owen counties and slightly lower estimates in Pendleton county. When the pool of respondents has a higher representation of ethnicities …

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PARTICIPANT GENDER       The vast majority of respondents were female, representing a composite of 87.3% of all respondents, male representing 12.3%, and transgender or non-conforming representing .4%.  The survey availability was promoted through online social media platforms including Facebook, at local county MAPP community meetings, and offered for a period of six months …

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