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Plumbing Poverty: Mapping Hot Spots of Racial and Geographic Inequality in U.S. Household Water Insecurity

Description
Examines plumbing poverty, defined as the lack of complete household plumbing, and the resulting household water insecurity in terms of social, racial, and geographical inequality. Features U.S. maps showing clusters of plumbing poverty as of 2016, with breakdowns by race or ethnicity, home ownership status, and income.
Author(s)
Shiloh Deitz, Katie Meehan
Citation
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(4), 1092-1109
Date
03/2019
Type
Document
Tagged as
American Indian or Alaska Native · Black or African American · Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Housing and homelessness · Infrastructure · Poverty · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention