ndi0.2.1 package

Neighborhood Deprivation Indices

anthopolos

Racial Isolation Index based on Anthopolos et al. (2011)

atkinson

Atkinson Index based on Atkinson (1970)

bell

Interaction Index based on Shevky & Williams (1949) and Bell (1954)

bemanian_beyer

Local Exposure and Isolation based on Bemanian & Beyer (2017)

bravo

Educational Isolation Index based on Bravo et al. (2021)

denton_cuzzort

Relative Concentration based on Massey & Denton (1988) and Duncan, Cuz...

denton

Relative Clustering based on Massey & Denton (1988)

duncan_cuzzort

Absolute Centralization based on Duncan, Cuzzort, & Duncan (1961) and ...

duncan_duncan

Relative Centralization based on Duncan, Cuzzort, & Duncan (1961) and ...

duncan

Dissimilarity Index based on Duncan & Duncan (1955)

gini

Gini Index based on Gini (1921)

hoover

Delta based on Hoover (1941) and Duncan, Cuzzort, & Duncan (1961)

james_taeuber

Dissimilarity Index based on James & Taeuber (1985)

krieger

Index of Concentration at the Extremes based on Feldman et al. (2015) ...

lieberson

Isolation Index based on Lieberson (1981) and Bell (1954)

massey_duncan

Absolute Concentration based on Massey & Denton (1988) and Duncan, Cuz...

massey

Absolute Clustering based on Massey & Denton (1988)

messer

Neighborhood Deprivation Index based on Messer et al. (2006)

morgan_denton

Distance-Decay Interaction Index based on Morgan (1983) and Massey & D...

morgan_massey

Distance-Decay Isolation Index based on Morgan (1983) and Massey & Den...

ndi-package

The ndi Package: Neighborhood Deprivation Indices

powell_wiley

Neighborhood Deprivation Index based on Andrews et al. (2020) and Slot...

sudano

Location Quotient based on Merton (1938) and Sudano et al. (2013)

theil

Entropy based on Theil (1972) and Theil & Finizza (1971)

white_blau

An index of spatial proximity based on White (1986) and Blau (1977)

white

Correlation Ratio based on Bell (1954) and White (1986)

Computes various geospatial indices of socioeconomic deprivation and disparity in the United States. Some indices are considered "spatial" because they consider the values of neighboring (i.e., adjacent) census geographies in their computation, while other indices are "aspatial" because they only consider the value within each census geography. Two types of aspatial neighborhood deprivation indices (NDI) are available: including: (1) based on Messer et al. (2006) <doi:10.1007/s11524-006-9094-x> and (2) based on Andrews et al. (2020) <doi:10.1080/17445647.2020.1750066> and Slotman et al. (2022) <doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108002> who use variables chosen by Roux and Mair (2010) <doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05333.x>. Both are a decomposition of multiple demographic characteristics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (ACS-5; 2006-2010 onward). Using data from the ACS-5 (2005-2009 onward), the package can also compute indices of racial or ethnic residential segregation, including but limited to those discussed in Massey & Denton (1988) <doi:10.1093/sf/67.2.281>, and additional indices of socioeconomic disparity.

  • Maintainer: Ian D. Buller
  • License: Apache License (>= 2.0)
  • Last published: 2025-09-05