| GENERAL TERMS
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DEFINITION
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| Accreditation
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The Indiana Department of Education's public school accreditation process is a system designed to assure quality education for all students and to hold schools accountable for the education of children.
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| Address Attribute Table (.ADD)
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An ARC/INFO file generated for a street address coverage based on the address attributes of the coverage. This table is required for geocoding.
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| Address Coverage
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A coverage that has a related .ADD info file containing address attributes. An address coverage is usually a linear feature coverage representing streets.
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| AFDC
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children, a federal program that has been replaced by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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| Age Specific Birth Rate
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Age specific birth rate is calculated by diving the number of resident live births to a women of a specific age by the total resident female population of the specific age group in question and multiplying by 1,000. (ISDH)
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| Aggravated Assault
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An attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. It is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Attempts are included, since it is not necessary that an injury result when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Aggregate
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To total data from smaller units into a large unit.
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| AIRS/INFOLINE Taxonomy
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A Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field copyrighted by 211 LA County and published jointly with the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS). The Taxonomy has been issued in three book editions with intervening paper supplements, each with an ASCII file of all codes, terms, definitions, use and see also references and Related Concepts lists (formerly appendices). The Taxonomy is organized into ten basic service categories plus target populations. Within each basic category, services are defined with increasing degrees of specificity in a hierarchical structure of up to five tiers. Generally, a taxonomy is a classification system (or service taxonomy) is a structured indexing vocabulary that allows you to distinguish concepts, name concepts and put those concepts in order. It is used to index and access information about a subject in systematic, unambiguous way. Using a standard taxonomy makes it possible to facilitate retrieval of community resource information, increase the reliability of planning data, make evaluation processes consistent and reliable, and facilitate national comparisons of data. (211Taxonomy)
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| Ambulatory Surgical Center
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Outpatient health care facilities that provide services for patients who require surgical treatment that is beyond the capabilities of most physician's offices yet not of such complexity as to require hospitalization. (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| American Community Survey
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The American Community Survey is a nationwide survey administered by the US Census Bureau designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It will replace the decennial long form in future censuses and is a critical element in the Census Bureau's reengineered 2010 census. (US Census Bureau)
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| American Indian or Alaska Native
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A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. (www.census.gov)
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| Applicant Income
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Applicants are categorized as Low Income, Moderate Income, Middle Income, or Upper Income based on their family income as a percent of the Median Family Income for their county of residence.
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| APRPT
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Annual Performance Report, from the Indiana Department of Education.
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| Arc
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An element used to represent linear features on a coverage (map).
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| ARC/INFO
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A package of geographic information system software developed by the Environmental Research System Institute (ESRI).
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| Asian
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A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes "Asian Indian", "Chinese", "Filipino", "Korean", "Japanese", "Vietnamese", and "Other Asian." (www.census.gov)
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| Assault
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An unlawful attack by one person upon another.
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| At-Risk Children
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Defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as: "Children less than 6 years living with mother, mother not high school graduate and single, divorced, or separated, and is below poverty level in 1989."
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| Attendance rate
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Attendance rate is calculated by the Indiana Department of Education with the following formula: AGGREGATE DAYS ATTENDED / AGGREGATE DAYS ENROLLED
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| AutoCAD
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A design and drafting software created by Autodesk, Inc. that allows the user to model, analyze, and express physical systems digitally in 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions.
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| Average
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The quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
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| Basemap
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The basic level of map data on which other information is placed for purposes of comparison or geographic correlation and/or reference.
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| Bank |
Traditional banking establishments that are responsible for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money; for the extension of credit; and for facilitating the transmission of funds. Included are national and state banks, state and federally chartered savings and loan companies and chartered commercial banks. (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Benefit Applicants
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Those individuals who make an application to Indiana State Family and Social Services Administration for financial assistance.
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| Black or African American
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A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro," or provide written entries such as African American, Afro American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian. (www.census.gov)
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| BMI - Body Mass Index
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Body Mass Index equals 703 times Weight in pounds divided by (Height in inches^2) . BMI values less than 18.5 is considered underweight, 18.5
to less than 25 is considered normal, 25 to less than 30 is considered overweight, and 30 and over is
considered obese. See the Conversation of Height and Weight to Body Mass Index table here.
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| Brownfield
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A Brownfield site is a parcel of real estate that is abandoned or inactive, or may not be operated at its appropriate use, and on which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse is complicated because of the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, a contaminant, petroleum, or a petroleum product that poses a risk to human health and the environment. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Burglary
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The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. The use of force to gain entry is not required. In the SAVI database, burglaries are subcategorized into business burglaries and residential burglaries. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Case/Care Management
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Programs that develop plans for the evaluation, treatment and/or care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for services; which assess the individual's needs; coordinate the delivery of needed services; ensure that services are obtained in accordance with the case plan; and follow up and monitor progress to ensure that services are having a beneficial impact on the individual. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Census Block
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Census blocks are small areas bound on all sides by visible or invisible features such as roads and rivers or county lines and city boundaries.
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| Census Block Group
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A census block group is a clustering of census blocks. A clustering of block groups combines to make a census tract. Block groups are always wholly contained within their census tract. The census bureau goal is for each block group to contain 400 housing units; they generally vary in size between 250 and 550 housing units.
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| Census Tract
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Census tracts are small statistical subdivisions of a county designed to be relatively permanent. The goal is for census tracts, when originally designated, to have between 2,500 and 8,000 people and to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. Census tracts never cross county boundaries. Census tract size varies depending on the density of the population. They are designed to be fixed to allow comparisons over time but are occasionally split or combined to reflect significant changes in geography (such as the construction of an interstate) or population (rapid growth).
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| Christmas Program |
Programs that sponsor seasonal activities and/or provide special assistance to low-income or indigent community residents in order to facilitate their ability to celebrate and enjoy the Christmas holidays. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Clothing Program |
Programs that pay for or provide new or secondhand clothing for people who cannot afford to purchase these items at retail prices. Included are clothing exchange programs. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Cognitive Skill Index
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The average cognitive skill index is a measurement of a student's ability to learn. This test is given at the same time as the ISTEP. The average cognitive skill index for individual schools ranges from 80 to 135. The average for all students in a given grade ranges from 103 to 110 depending on the grade and year. (Indiana Department of Education definition)
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| Commissioner Bulletin Site
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The Commissioner's Bulletin defines a portion of the sites currently administered under the State Cleanup Section. Mimicking the Federal Superfund Program, the Commissioner's Bulletin is a list of sites scored with the Indiana Scoring Model. These abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites are evaluated for extensive, long-term cleanup action. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Community Center |
Programs that provide a central location for the social, cultural, recreational and civic activities that are available to community residents, or which make space available to individuals and groups who want to hold meetings, offer services or otherwise utilize the facility. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Community Clinic |
Consumer-based, community-controlled, nonprofit outpatient facilities that provide basic health care including physical examinations, immunizations, family planning, nutrition assistance and diagnosis and treatment of common ailments for low income people, people who are homeless or uninsured/underinsured or other medically underserved populations that are geographically, economically and culturally challenged. Services are generally provided on an ability-to-pay basis. In the U.S., community clinics are part of the network of Federally Qualified Health Centers, and many are known as "free clinics". (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Community Development Corporation (CDC)
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Nonprofit community-based organizations formed by residents, small business owners, faith congregations and other local stakeholders to revitalize low and/or moderate income communities through initiatives whose objectives are to eliminate slums and blight, prevent deterioration of existing structures, conserve and expand affordable housing, restore and preserve properties of historical or architectural interest, create jobs, recruit and support small businesses, improve and expand vital social services, engage in long-term community planning and meet other local development needs. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Community Health Center |
Health centers that provide walk-in, walk-out diagnostic and treatment services for people whose care does not require confinement or a hospital stay.(AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
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A Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and restorative services to outpatients for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, at a single fixed location, by or under the supervision of a physician. (Indiana State Department of Health) |
| Confined Feeding Operation
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Shows swine, chicken, turkey, beef or dairy agribusinesses that have large enough numbers of animals that IDEM regulates for environmental concerns, as defined by IC 13-18-10 of the Indiana Code. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Construction and Demolition Waste Facility
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Shows permitted, state-licensed facilities that accept solid waste in the form of anything that is attached to a house during construction or demolition, as defined by IAC 329 10-2-36 of the Indiana Administrative Code. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality)
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| Continuing Education Program
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Educational programs at all levels within or outside the formal education system that provide innovative and flexible instruction, curriculums, grading systems, learning environments or degree requirements, a return to traditional educational values, or other alternatives to the ordinary system of instruction. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Convenience Stores
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This industry comprises establishments known as convenience stores or food marts primarily engaged in retailing a limited line of goods that generally includes milk, bread, soda, and snacks. These establishments are engaged primarily in retailing foods not for immediate consumption and not made on premises. (NAICS) |
| Conventional Loans
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The standard loan products normally available from lending institutions.
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| Core 40 graduate
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A Core 40 graduate has completed the Core 40 Curriculum requirements, defined by the Indiana Department of Education as: an academic core of 26-28 credits in specific language arts, mathematics, science and social studies areas; directed electives of 8 additional credits from the academic core or from foreign language, fine arts, computers, or technical career courses; 2 credits in health, physical education and safety; and 2 to 4 additional credits from any courses offered for high school credit.
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| County
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Counties are the first-level political division of most states, including Indiana. Counties are identified by both county name and county code, as established by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, in SAVI. The counties in the Indianapolis MSA, with their county codes, are:
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Boone |
18011 |
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Brown |
18013 |
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Hamilton |
18057 |
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Hancock |
18059 |
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Hendricks |
18063 |
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Johnson |
18081 |
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Madison |
18095 |
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Marion |
18097 |
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Morgan |
18109 |
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Putnam |
18133 |
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Shelby |
18145 |
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| Coverage
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A digital map of thematic data, such as streams or roads.
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| Crude Birth Rate
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Crude birth rate is a common statistic used to compare the number of births by geographic region or race. A crude birth rate is calculated by dividing the number of resident live births in a given year by the total resident population and multiply by 1,000. In order to compute a stable rate, at least 10 “events” (i.e., births or deaths) are required. (ISDH)
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| Data class
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A defined set in a data classification system.
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| Data Class Replication
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The data class replication stage of the SAVI quality control process calculates each data class with a different software package using programming logic developed by a second individual. This ensures that each data class is being processed correctly.
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| Data dictionary
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A repository of information about data in which is stored information on all of the objects in a database.
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| Denied
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A loan which has been denied by the lending institution.
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| Digitize
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The process of encoding geographic features in digital format as x.y coordinates.
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| Disbursements
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Paid benefits to open recipients.
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| Dropout
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A dropout is any student in grades 7-12 who leaves school before graduation without transferring to another school or institution. Dropouts include: expulsions if the student does not return when eligible and does not request a transcript; students who enter the military; student who enter a program not leading to a high school diploma; students who drop out between semesters or during the summer; and students who have been reported to the Indiana Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and have been located but who are not attending school by October 1 of the current school year. Dropouts do not include: deaths; suspensions; students who transfer to another school or other institution, including a home school; students who earn a GED prior to October 1 of the current school year; students who dropped out in the previous school year but return before October 1 of the current school year; and students who have been reported to the Indiana Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and have not been located. (Indiana Department of Education definition)
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| Dynamap/2000
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A geographic database by TeleAtlas, Inc. from US Census Bureau TIGER/Line files containing streets and other geographic areas. It also includes geographic attribute information and contains data for all of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
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| E911
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Enhanced 911 is an emergency response system that allows emergency personnel to identify the telephone number and location of a call placed to 911.
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| Equal Interval Display of Mapped Data
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The equal interval method of displaying polygon (area) features divides the range of attribute values into equal sized sub-ranges. Then the features are classified based on those sub-ranges. (Source: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1997)
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| Event
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An occurrence or incident that has both time and location.
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| Family
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Families as defined by the census are two or more related individuals sharing a housing unit. It is important to remember when using census data that a family is a household, but a household is not always a family. For this reason, there are almost always fewer families in a given area than there are households. Families are another important data group for the census, and much of the data is reported by family, such as median family income as well as family size and relationships.
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| Family Household
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A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A family household may contain people not related to the householder, but those people are not included as part of the householder’s family in census tabulations. Thus, the number of family households is equal to the number of families, but family households may include more members than do families. A household can contain only one family for purposes of census tabulations. Not all households contain families since a household may be comprised of a group of unrelated people or of one person living alone. (www.census.gov)
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| Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions. (www.ffiec.gov)
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| Federal Information Processing Code
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FIPS codes are data classification codes designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to achieve compatibility and interchangeability among data systems.
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| Field
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A column of information in a table.
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| First Trimester
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First trimester is the first three months of pregnancy.
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| Food Pantry
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Programs that acquire food products through donations, canned food drives, food bank programs or direct purchase and distribute the food to people who are in emergency situations. Some pantries deliver food to people whose disabilities or illnesses make it difficult for them to leave home.. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Food Stamps
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Cash-value food coupons or swipe cards to purchase food for open recipients.
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| Frequency Analysis
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The frequency analysis stage of the SAVI quality control process lists the values in each source data field and the number of times each value occurs in each field. This analysis is reviewed to ensure that the data classes created from the source data are being calculated on the appropriate values.
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| GBF/DIME
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Geographic Base File/Dual Independent Map Encoding. GBF/DIME files contain geographic basemaps created by the U.S. Census Bureau to depict line segments and geographic attributes for most metropolitan areas. The files were created for the 1980 Census and were replaced by the TIGER database for the 1990 Census.
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| GDT
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Geographic Data Technology, Incorporated. This company produces enhanced TIGER/Line files as part of their Dynamap/2000 data product. GDT was acquired by TeleAtlas in 2004.
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| Generalize
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The process of simplifying lines representing geographic features to reduce the level of detail of a line. This is done by reducing the number of points, bends, and/or curves that make up a line.
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| Geocoding
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A process of identifying locations on maps using addresses.
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| Geotagging
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A process of identifying the geographic entities corresponding to a map feature.
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| Gifted and Talented
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As defined by Indiana Code, a gifted and talented program includes "educational services differentiated in depth and breadth designed to meet the needs of one or more high ability students through activities such as compacting, acceleration, enrichment, problem solving, and creative thinking. A high ability student is a student who: (1) performs at, or shows the potential for performing at, an outstanding level of accomplishment in at least one domain when compared to other students of the same age, experience, or environment; and (2) is characterized by exceptional gifts, talents, motivation, or interests." Each local school corporation sets its own criteria for identifying high ability students, and defines its own program to meet the special needs of those students.
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| Graduation Rate
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The percent of public school students who graduate from high school. Consistent with procedures outlined by the National Center for Education Statistics, the graduation rate is calculated by the Indiana Department of Education with the following formula: Step One: Determine the dropout rates for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Step Two: Determine the remainder of 1.00 minus the amount determined under Step One for each of the four grade levels. Step Three: Determine the product of the four amounts determined under Step Two.
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| Grocery Stores
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This industry comprises establishments generally known as supermarkets and grocery stores primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. Included in this industry are delicatessen-type establishments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food. (NAICS)
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| Guaranteed Loans
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Special loans that are guaranteed by the Federal Government, available through lending institutions: Federal Housing Administration (FHA), US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Farmers Home Administration (FmHA).
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| Health Education Program
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Programs that provide information that improves the public's understanding of living and working conditions and other factors that safeguard their health and prevent or reduce the risk of injury, disease, disability and premature death. Health education programs help people make informed decisions about matters which affect their personal health and the health of others. They inform the public of health and safety hazards, help people modify behaviors that compromise their health, encourage people to take advantage of early detection programs and provide information about treatment and rehabilitation options for people who have an illness, injury or disability. They also provide anticipatory information or guidance to help people deal with and understand specific medical procedures, being hospitalized or other necessary interfaces with the health care system. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| High Cost Loans
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High interest rate loans, one way of identifying sub prime loans, have Annual Percentage Rates exceeding the comparable Treasury yield by 3 percentage points or more for first liens and 5 points or more for second liens. (Urban Institute)
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| Hispanic Origin
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For census purposes, people of Hispanic origin are those who identified themselves as such when filling out the census. According to census documentation, "origin can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race." It is important to note that all administrative records in SAVI include the cultural designation "Hispanic."
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| HMDA
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The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, enacted by Congress in 1975 and implemented by the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation C, requires lending institutions to report public loan data. (FFIEC)
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| Home Health Agencies
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Programs that make necessary medical services available in the homes of people who are aged, ill or convalescing. (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Home Improvement Loans
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Loans that are available to improve property that is currently owned by the borrower (these are usually home equity loans).
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| Homicide
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The killing of one human being by another. This includes both murder and manslaughter by negligence.
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| Honors Graduates
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As defined by Indiana Code (411 IAC 6-7-6.5), in order for a student to be eligible for an academic honors diploma, the student must attend at least seven semesters in grades 9 through 12 and complete a minimum of 47 high school credits (compared to 38 credits for regular graduates).
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| Hospice
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Programs that provide a full range of supportive services in an inpatient or residential setting for terminally ill people who are in the final stages of their illnesses and for their families. Services may include medical care, pain and symptom management, home nurse visitation, case management, emotional and spiritual support, and bereavement services for the patient . (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Hospital
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Medical institutions that provide diagnostic and treatment services for people whose illnesses or injuries require that they occupy a bed for at least one night. Hospitals can be distinguished by the level of care they offer (general acute, subacute, extended acute care), the auspices under which they operate which also, in some cases, defines the patients they serve (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Household
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For census bureau purposes, every occupied housing unit is a household. A household can be composed of a single person or unrelated individuals living together; as such, households are not synonymous with families. Much of the census data is reported by households, such as median household income and household size.
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| Housing Unit
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A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible. If that information cannot be obtained, the criteria are applied to the previous occupants. (www.census.gov)
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| IMAGIS Street Centerline Basemap
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The digital street address map for Marion County developed by Indianapolis
Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System (IMAGIS) and maintained by the City of Indianapolis.
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| IMPD
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The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is comprised of approximately 1600 sworn officers and 350 civilian employees, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department provides police services to Marion County, Indiana, with the exception of the excluded cities within the county. These excluded cities are Speedway, Lawrence, Southport and Beech Grove. (IMPD)
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| IMPACT
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The most diverse program offered by The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA). IMPACT provides a variety of supportive services to adult open recipients seeking or retaining employment. Services can be as broad as transitional child care, job training and placement.
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| Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System (IMAGIS)
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IMAGIS is the multi-participant, public-private geographic information system (GIS) consortium for Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. (IMAGIS)
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| Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Indianapolis MSA comprises Marion County and the nine counties which surround it. These counties are identified by both county name and county code, as established by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, in SAVI. The counties in the Indianapolis MSA, with their county codes, are:
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COUNTY CODE |
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Boone |
18011 |
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Hamilton |
18057 |
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Hancock |
18059 |
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Hendricks |
18063 |
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Johnson |
18081 |
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Madison |
18095 |
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Marion |
18097 |
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Morgan |
18109 |
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Shelby |
18145 |
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| Indianapolis Police Department Jurisdiction
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The IPD jurisdiction encompasses an area similar to the old city limits. IPD boundaries have changed over time, and do not correspond exactly with any of the geographic boundaries in which SAVI data is aggregated; therefore, crime totals in geographic areas which are only partly included in the IPD jurisdiction should be used with caution. Please note that this jurisdiction is no longer current due to IMPD jurisdiction. |
| Indy Neighborhoods
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The Indianapolis and Marion County Geospatial Information Services keeps a record of all neighborhoods in Marion County. Indy Neighborhoods are developed by IndyGIS for the purpose of mapping and planning. They in no way define how neighborhoods should or do organize themselves. |
| Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR)
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Health care facilities or distinct parts of hospitals or skilled nursing facilities that provide inpatient care for people who require skilled nursing supervision and supportive care but who do not need continuous nursing care. (AIRS/INFOLINE) ICF/MR facilities are specifically for people with mental retardation or people with developmental disabilities. |
| ISTEP
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Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress. A series of achievement tests including language expression, language mechanics, math concepts and application, math computation, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, administered to Indiana public school students in grades 3, 6, 8 and 10. (Indiana Department of Education definition)
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| ISTEP Standard
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The cutoff standard that indicates the child has passed the criterion reference portion of the ISTEP test in a particular subject.
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| Item
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A column of information in an attribute table. Also commonly known as a field.
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| Job Search/Placement
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Programs that provide employment opportunities for people who are searching for jobs; assist people who are able and willing to work by helping them prepare for, find, secure and retain suitable employment; provide work site evaluation and/or modification support; and/or seek to develop employment opportunities in various fields for people who need a position. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
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| Labor Force
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All people classified in the civilian labor force (i.e., "employed" and "unemployed" people), plus members of the U.S. Armed Forces (people on active duty with the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard). (www.census.gov)
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| Larceny
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Larceny-theft is the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. It includes crimes such as purse-snatching, pocket-picking, shoplifting, thefts from motor vehicles, bicycle thefts, etc. It does not include embezzlement, con games, forgery or worthless checks. It also does not include motor vehicle thefts, which are included as a separate crime category. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Layout
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A presentation-quality map.
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| Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)
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Known sites with leaking underground storage tanks. Regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) contain regulated substances including petroleum and hazardous substances such as those typically found at gasoline stations, fleet fueling facilities, and industrial sites. If a release from a UST system is suspected or confirmed, the owner and operator must report it to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. These sites are called Leaking USTs. Actions must be taken. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Library
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Facilities which house a collection of materials including books, manuscripts, journals, government documents and nonprint formats such as paintings, musical recordings, videotapes, films and data files on magnetic tape which are organized to provide physical, bibliographic and intellectual access to a targeted group of people and which generally make available. (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Licensed Day Care Center
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Programs that are licensed to provide supervised care within designated facilities for children during some portion of a 24-hour day. Staff for approved day care centers must meet defined educational requirements; the program must ensure specified adult/child ratios; and the facility must meet building, fire and zoning codes. Services may include recreational and developmental activities and snacks and/or meals, as appropriate. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Licensed Home Day Care
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Programs that provide supervised care for children in licensed private family homes during some portion of a 24-hour day. The number of children is restricted according to state/provincial regulations and is also sensitive to the age ranges of the children (e.g., a private home may be able to look after five preschool children but not five infants). Family day care homes above a certain size may also be required to employ a qualified aide and meet safety regulations such as fire inspections. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Limited Service Restaurants (Fast Food)
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This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating or (2) selling a specialty snack or nonalcoholic beverage for consumption on or near the premises. Food and drink may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered to the customer's location. Some establishments (except snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) in this industry may provide these food services in combination with selling alcoholic beverages. (NAICS)
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| Linguistic Isolation
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A household in which no person 14 years old and over speaks only
English and no person 14 years old and over who speaks a language other than English speaks
English ‘‘Very well’’ is classified as ‘‘linguistically isolated.’’ In other words, a household in which
all members 14 years old and over speak a non-English language and also speak English less than
‘‘Very well’’ (have difficulty with English) is ‘‘linguistically isolated.’’ All the members of a
linguistically isolated household are tabulated as linguistically isolated, including members under
14 years old who may speak only English. (www.census.gov)
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| Local Health Department
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An administrative or service unit of local or state government concerned with health and carrying some responsibility for the health of a jurisdiction smaller than the state. (NACCHO)
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| Long Term Care Facility
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Inpatient health care facilities that provide nursing and personal care over an extended period of time (usually more than 30 days) for people who require convalescent care at a level which is less than that provided in an acute facility and/or for chronically ill or frail elderly individuals or people with disabilities. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Low Birth Weight
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Low birth weight births are those infants born weighing less than 2,500 grams (5 lb. 8 oz.) (ISDH)
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| Low Income Applicant
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Applicants who earn less than or equal to 50% of the Median Family Income for their county of residence.
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| Manslaughter by Negligence
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The killing of another person through gross negligence.
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| Margin of Error
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A measurement of the accuracy of the results of a survey. Example: If a survey reports that 55% of people like ice cream, a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5% means the responses of the target population as a whole would fall somewhere between 3.5% more or 3.5% less than the responses of the sample, so somewhere between 51.5% and 58.5% of the population likes ice cream (a 7% spread). (NuStats)
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| Match Rate
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The percentage of source data records that are assigned x- and y- coordinates as part of the geocoding process.
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| Mean
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A value that is computed by dividing the sum of a set of terms by the number of terms. (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
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| MECA
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The Metropolitan Emergency Communication Agency in Marion County, Indiana.
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| Median
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The middle number in an ordered set of numbers. If there is no one middle number (as occurs in a list with an even number of values), the mean of the two middle numbers is calculated. As an example, the median home sale price for a community tells you that half the homes sold in that community were above the median price and half below.
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| Medicaid
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Health benefits for qualified low income families, pregnant women, the elderly and disabled populations.
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| Metadata
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Metadata is the term used to describe data about data. It describes who collects the data, what the data contains, where (and how) the data is stored, when (and how often) the data is collected, and why.
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| Metropolitan Area
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A collective term, established by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and used for the first time in 1990, to refer to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs), and primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs). Each MA must contain either a place with a minimum population of 50,000 or a Census Bureau-defined urban area and a total MA population of a least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). An MA comprises one or more central counties. An MA also may include one or more outlying counties that have close economic and social relationships with the central county. Documentation of the MA standards and how they are applied is available from the Secretary, Federal Executive Committee on Metropolitan Areas, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
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| Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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MSA's are individual Metropolitan Areas that are not closely associated with other MA's and are generally surrounded by non-metropolitan counties.
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| Middle Income Applicant
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Applicants who earn between 81% and 120% of the Median Family Income for their county of residence.
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| Missing Data
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A missing, or null, data value in a field indicates the absence of any meaningful information. This value has a different statistical significance from the value zero. For example, if a field relating the number of children in a family has the value zero in it, the standard statistical interpretation is that the person providing the information stated that there were no children in the family. If the field has a missing or null value in it, the standard statistical interpretation is that the person providing the information did not answer the question.
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| Moderate Income Applicant
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Applicants who earn between 51% and 80% of the Median Family Income for their county of residence.
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| Mother and Infant Care
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Programs that prepare expectant mothers for children and provide health care services for mothers and infants during pregnancy and following birth. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Motor Vehicle Theft
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The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. This includes the theft of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorscooters, snowmobiles, etc. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Municipal Services/Public Works
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Programs that are responsible for establishing and implementing an overall plan for the development and upkeep of the built environment in urban and rural areas; and ensuring that construction on public and private property and improvements in current structures meet building codes and standards, zoning requirements and the goals and objectives of the master (AIRS/INFOLINE)
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| Murder
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The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Not included in this offense classification are deaths caused by negligence, suicide or accident; justifiable homicides; and attempts to murder or assaults to murder, which are considered aggravated assaults. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| NAICS
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS, pronounced Nakes) was developed as the standard for use by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data related to the business economy of the U.S. NAICS was developed under the auspices of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and adopted in 1997 to replace the old Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. It was also developed in cooperation with the statistical agencies of Canada and Mexico to establish a 3-country standard that allows for a high level of comparability in business statistics among the three countries. NAICS is the first economic classification system to be constructed based on a single economic concept.(NAICS)
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
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A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as "Native Hawaiian", "Guamanian or Chamorro", "Samoan", and "Other Pacific Islander." (www.census.gov)
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| Natural Break Display of Mapped Data
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This method utilizes a statistical formula, Jenk's optimization, to identify breakpoints between classes. The Jenk's method minimizes the sum of the variance within each of the classes to find natural groupings and patterns in the subject data set. This method is the default method for the ArcView software.
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| Neighborhoods (Census Tabulation Areas)
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Defined by the City of Indianapolis as part of the 1990 Census. User Defined Area Program (UDAP) boundaries were created so that Census data can be aggregated and displayed at the neighborhood level. See also Indy Neighborhoods and Neighborhoods (Registered).
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| Neighborhoods (Registered)
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The Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development keeps a record of all registered neighborhood organizations in Marion County. Neighborhoods are free to register with DMD for the purpose of public notification. Since these neighborhoods are self-defined, they can and do overlap, making mapping applications more difficult than with non-overlapping neighborhoods. |
| Noninstitutionalized Population
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The noninstitutionalized population includes all people who live in group quarters other than institutions, such as college dormitories, military quarters, and group homes. Also, included are staff residing at institutional group quarters. (www.census.gov) |
| Non-Simple Assault
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An attack during which serious injury occurs.
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| Normal Weight
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See the Body Mass Index definition for normal weight. |
| Normalization
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Normalization is the recalculation of raw count data by a carefully chosen denominator. Normalization gives the user a clearer statistical picture of the data. Data can be normalized by area, as with burglaries per square mile. Alternately, data can be normalized by its portion of a larger population, as with births per 1000 population. Normalized data can be represented as percentages, rates, or medians.
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| Normalization by Area
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Normalization by area provides the ratio between the selected attribute (e.g. population over 75) and land area. Normalization makes data easier to use and understand in many situations, and provides new ways of visualizing and analyzing its content. The Bureau of the Census releases area totals for each census geography (e.g. block group, census tract, county). These area totals are used as the denominator for calculating SAVI incidents per square mile.
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| Nursing Home
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Inpatient health care facilities that provide nursing and personal care over an extended period of time (usually more than 30 days) for people who require convalescent care at a level which is less than that provided in an acute facility and/or for chronically ill or frail elderly individuals or people with disabilities. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
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| Obese
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See the Body Mass Index definition for obese. |
| Occupied Housing Unit
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A housing unit is classified as occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration, or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation or a business trip. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters. (www.census.gov) |
| Offense Charge
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Any act committed by a juvenile (generally a person who is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction) that would be a criminal violation of a Federal or State law or local ordinance if committed by an adult. (US Department of Justice) |
| Open Dump
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Sites that are not regulated and are illegal dump sites of solid waste. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Open Recipients
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Term used by the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), referring to people who are actively receiving benefits.
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Relational database software product provided by Oracle Corporation.
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| Originated
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A loan which has been approved by the lending institution and accepted by the borrower.
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| Outlier Analysis
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The outlier analysis stage of the SAVI quality control process compares values in a data class over time to see if any values fall greatly outside the mean of all the values, and flags these values. The cause of these variations can then be discussed with the source provider. Outlier analysis can also be used to analyze historic trends in services.
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| Outpatient Mental Health Facilities
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Programs that provide walk-in, walk-out diagnostic and treatment services for children, adolescents and/or adults who have acute or chronic mental or emotional disturbances but do not need twenty-four hour care; and/or counseling services for individuals, couples, families and extended family groups who may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations such as separation, divorce, widowhood, loss of a child, poor health, unemployment, family violence, delinquency or substance abuse. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Outpatient Physical Therapy / Speech Pathology Services (Outpatient Therapy Services)
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An integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation program designed to upgrade the physical functioning of handicapped disabled individuals by bringing specialized rehabilitation staff together to perform as a team; and provides physical therapy or speech-language pathology services. (Indiana State Department of Health)
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| Overweight
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See the Body Mass Index definition for overweight. |
| Own Child
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Own child is a never-married child under 18 years who is a son or daughter of the householder by birth, marriage (a stepchild), or adoption. For 100-percent tabulations, own children consists of all sons/daughters of householders who are under 18 years old. For sample data, own children consists of sons/daughters of householders who are under 18 years old and who have never been married. Therefore, numbers of own children of householders may be different in these two tabulations since marital status was not collected as a 100-percent item in Census 2000 (www.census.gov) |
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| Parks
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Tracts of land that are acquired and maintained by governmental entities and made available to the public as places of beauty or for recreation. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Part 1 Crimes
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Part 1 crimes, also referred to as indexed crimes, are those crimes viewed by the FBI as serious enough to warrant tracking of occurrence by police jurisdiction. They include criminal homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and rape. Part 1 Crimes are reported in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. They are based solely on police investigation as opposed to the determination of a court, medical examiner, coroner, jury, or other judicial body. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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Performance Based Accreditation Report, from the Indiana Department of Education.
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| PCi
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PCi Services is an independent provider of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data.
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| Places of Worship
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Churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship where people of different religious persuasions gather to practice their faith. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Planimetrics
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Geographic features that can be seen from an aerial vantage point and can be captured from photography, including transportation networks, hydrologic features, buildings, and vegetation.
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| Playground
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Programs that develop, maintain and make available to the public, outdoor recreational areas, often located on school grounds or in community parks, which are equipped with sandboxes, swings, jungle gyms, rings, slides, playing fields, courts and other recreational apparatus for children. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Point
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A feature used to represent locations on a coverage (map).
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| Polygon
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A feature used to represent areas on a coverage (map).
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| Poverty
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The U.S. Bureau of the Census uses the definition of poverty prescribed for all federal agencies (by the federal Office of Management and Budget, Directive 14). The definition on food-consumption data (collected by the Department of Agriculture) and food cost as a percentage of income, as applied to the number, ages, and income levels of individuals within a household. A set of 48 "poverty thresholds" is described by cross-referencing these factors. The thresholds are revised annually to allow for changes in the cost of living as reflected by the Consumer Price Index. Poverty thresholds are applied nationally with no adjustment for regional, state, or local variations in cost of living. In 1989, the average poverty threshold for a family of four was $12,674.
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| Prime Loans
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Prime loans are home purchase loans, home improvement loans, and refinancing loans by lenders not on the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sub prime lenders list. Prime loans tend to have lower interest rates than sub prime loans and are generally originated to borrowers who have good credit histories and are considered a lower credit risk. (HUD)
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| Property Crimes
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In the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft‑type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims. (FBI)
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| Quality Control
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The examination of output data to ensure that it has been properly processed and meets established accuracy standards.
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| Quantile Display of Mapped Data
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A quantile is an even break based on percentages. For example, if you had four quantiles, the first would be the lowest 25% of all values, or lowest rank; the second would be the middle low 25% of all the values, or middle low rank; the third would be the middle high 25% of all values, or middle high rank; and the fourth category would be the highest 25% of all values, or highest rank. Quantile classes are perhaps the easiest to understand, but they can be misleading. Population counts (as opposed to density or percentage), for example, are usually not suitable for quantile classification because only a few places are highly populated. You can overcome this distortion by increasing the number of classes. Imagine the difference, for example, if five classes are used in the chart instead of three. Quantiles are best suited for data that is linearly distributed -- in other words, data that does not have disproportionate numbers of features with similar values. (Source: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1997).
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| Quarter
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One of four equal parts.
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| Race
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For census purposes, race is self-reported as the category into which the respondent most closely identifies. The census bureau has five race classifications: 1) White, 2) Black, 3) American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut, 4) Asian or Pacific Islander, or 5) Other Race. It is important to note that SAVI includes the cultural designation "Hispanic" along with its sub-categories on race. Because Hispanic categorize themselves as White, Black, or Other, totals of race and Hispanic sub-categories will exceed 100 percent.
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| Rape
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Forcible rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Assaults or attempts to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Reclassification
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A process of arranging data into classes based on selected attributes.
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| Reference Address
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An address associated with a feature in the address coverage, against which an address submitted for geocoding is compared.
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| Reference Week
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The data on employment status and commuting to work are related to a 1-week time period, known as the reference week. For each person, this week is the full calendar week, Sunday through Saturday, preceding the date the questionnaire was completed. This calendar week is not the same for all people since the enumeration was not completed in 1 week. The occurrence of holidays during the enumeration period probably had no effect on the overall measurement of employment status. (www.census.gov)
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| Refinancing Loans
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Loan products that are available for properties that are currently owned by the borrower, where the borrower applies for a new loan with a lower interest rate or with a longer pay back term.
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| Registered Day Care Ministry
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Programs, often referred to as child care ministries, that provide substitute parental care for children in a group setting that is based on specific values and/or religious traditions. These centers are often owned and operated by a church or other religious organization and are usually registered with the appropriate state/provincial regulatory agency. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Regular Graduates
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As defined by Indiana Code (411 IAC 6-7-6), in order for a student to be graduated from a high school, the student must attend at least seven semesters in grades 9 through 12 and complete a minimum of 40 credits (this requirement is 38 credits
prior to the 2000-2001 school year).
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| Related Child
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Related children include the sons and daughters of the householder (including natural-born, adopted, or stepchildren) and all other people under 18 years old, regardless of marital status, in the household, who are related to the householder, except the spouse of the householder. Foster children are not included since they are not related to the householder. (www.census.gov) |
| Robbery
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The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control or a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Rural Health Clinic
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The purpose of the Rural Health Clinics program is to encourage and stabilize the provision of out-patient primary care in underserved rural areas through the use of physicians, physician assistants (PAs) , nurse practitioners (NPs) and certified nurse midwives (CNMs). (National Association of Rural Health Clinics) The AIRS/INFOLINE taxonomy groups this category with Community Clinics described as, Consumer-based, community-controlled, nonprofit outpatient facilities that provide basic health care including physical examinations, immunizations, family planning, nutrition assistance and diagnosis and treatment of common ailments for low income people, people who are homeless or uninsured/underinsured or other medically underserved populations that are geographically, economically and culturally challenged. Services are generally provided on an ability-to-pay basis. In the U.S., community clinics are part of the network of Federally Qualified Health Centers, and many are known as "free clinics". (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
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SAVI stands for Social Assets and Vulnerabilities Indicators. It is a community information system that seeks to enhance capacity and improve decision-making in Central Indiana communities and especially in organizations and agencies that serve human needs. SAVI allows you to access, map, and analyze a wealth of information from approximately 30 data providers, including crime, education, welfare, demographics, economy, health, community assets, human service programs and more.
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| School
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Schools, colleges, universities, technical institutes and other educational establishments that have comprehensive curriculums and courses of instruction which constitute the formal, structured framework through which educational services are provided for community residents. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| School Corporation
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For the purposes of aggregating data to a SAVI geographic level, a school corporation is defined as a geographic area with a single public school administration unit and one or more public schools.
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| Senior Center
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Multipurpose centers that serve as focal points for older adults in the community and which offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are needed by and of interest to this population. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Simple Assault
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All assaults which do not involve the use of a firearm, knife, cutting instrument, or other dangerous weapon and in which there were no serious or aggravated injuries to the victim. Simple assault is not a Part 1 crime, but is included for the purpose of studying total assault violence. (From Indianapolis Police Department 1999 Annual Report.)
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| Some Other Race
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Includes all other responses not included in the "White", "Black or African American", "American Indian or Alaska Native", "Asian", and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" race categories. Respondents providing write-in entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, or a Hispanic/Latino group (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban) in the "Some other race" write-in space are included in this category. (www.census.gov)
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| Soundex
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A phonetic spelling (up to six characters) of a street name used for address matching. Each of the 26 letters in the English alphabet is replaced with a letter in the soundex equivalent.
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| Special Education
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The Indiana State Department of Education program which addresses students with disabilities, ages 3 through 21, in Indiana. Included are students with autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, hearing impairments, mental impairments, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairments, other health impairments, emotional handicaps, learning disabilities, communication disorders, traumatic brain injury, and visual impairments.
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Programs that provide organized opportunities for individuals of all ages to pursue hobbies or other specific interests in cooperation with others who have the same interest. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Square Mile
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A square mile is 640 acres, or approximately 10 city blocks or one legal section in Indiana.
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| Standard Industrial Classification Code
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Standard Industrial Classification Code. A numerical code scheme developed by the U.S. Department of Labor for classifying industries and products. For example, the SIC code for Child Care Services and Centers is 835101. In January 1997 the SIC was replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
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| Status Offense
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Noncriminal juvenile offenses that are applied only to children and youth because of their status as minors. Offenses include being truant, running away from home, possessing alcohol or cigarettes, or violating curfew. (US Department of Justice)
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| STF1A Data
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Summary data taken from the census "short form" that is distributed to the entire U.S. population by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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| STF3A Data
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Summary data taken from the census "long form" that is distributed to a sample of the U.S. population by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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| Street Intersection
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The location at which two or more streets intersect.
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| Street Name
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The name portion of a street address.
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| Street Number
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The numerical portion of the street address.
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| Street Prefix
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Direction indicator that sometimes appears before street name, such as east, west, north, or south.
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| Street Suffix
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Direction indicator that sometimes appears after street name, such as Main St. South.
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| Street Type
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The type of street, such as Avenue, Lane, Road, etc.
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| Subfamily
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Subfamilies are either married people or a parent with one or more never-married children under the age of 18 living in the same household of a relative. For example, a single father and his daughter living in the household of the single father's sister would be a subfamily. Subfamilies themselves are not counted as families because they are counted originally as part of the householders family.
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| Substance Abuse Counseling
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Programs that provide preventive, diagnostic and inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment services as well as transitional support for people who have a physical and/or psychological dependency on one or a combination of addictive substances including tobacco, alcohol and/or other drugs; or whose use of these substances has impaired their physical or mental health or their personal, social or occupational functioning. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Sub Prime Loans
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Sub Prime loans are home purchase loans, home improvement loans, and refinancing loans by lenders who specialize in sub prime loans as determined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD neither endorses these lenders nor claims that sub prime lenders are predatory lenders. HUD recognizes that good sub prime lenders have opened up mortgage markets for borrowers who may have been previously denied access to conventional prime and government-insured markets in the past. Sub prime loans tend to have higher interest rates than prime loans and are generally originated to borrowers who have poor credit histories and are considered a higher credit risk. (HUD) |
| Summary File 1, SF1
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This Census 2000 file presents 100-percent population and housing data for the total population, for 63 race categories, and for many other race and Hispanic or Latino categories. The data include age, sex, households, household relationship, housing units, and tenure (whether the residence is owned or rented). Also included are selected characteristics for a limited number of race and Hispanic or Latino categories. The data are available for the U.S., census regions, census divisions, states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, county subdivisions, places, census tracts, block groups, census blocks, metropolitan areas, urban areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, tribal subdivisions, Hawaiian home lands, Congressional districts, and ZIP Code tabulation areas. Data are available down to the block level for many tabulations, but only to the census tract level for others. (www.census.gov) |
| Summary File 3, SF3
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This Census 2000 file presents data on population and housing long-form subjects, such as income and education. It includes population totals for ancestry groups. It also includes selected characteristics for a limited number of race and Hispanic or Latino categories. The data are available for the U.S., census regions, census divisions, states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, county subdivisions, places, census tracts, block groups, metropolitan areas, urban areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, tribal subdivisions, Hawaiian home lands, Congressional districts, and ZIP Code tabulation areas. (www.census.gov) |
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| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Monthly cash assistance for open recipients.
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| TIGER
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Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing. TIGER is a digital database developed and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau of selected geographic information for all counties in the United States including Puerto Rico and the Island Territories. This database was developed to support the mapping needs of the Decennial Census and other programs.
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| TIGER/Line
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The TIGER/Line files are created for the public from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER database of geographic information. They can be used to provide a digital basemap for Geographic Information Systems or mapping software.
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| Township
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A township is a political sub-division of the county in many states, including Indiana.
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| Two or More Races
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People may have chosen to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of check boxes and write-in responses. The race response categories shown on the questionnaire are collapsed into the five minimum race groups identified by the OMB, and the Census Bureau "Some other race" category. For data product purposes, "Two or more races" refers to combinations of two or more of the following race categories:
- White
- Black or African American
- American Indian and Alaska Native
- Asian
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Some Other Race
There are 57 possible combinations involving the race categories shown above. Thus, according to this approach, a response of "White" and "Asian" was tallied as two or more races, while a response of "Japanese" and "Chinese" was not because "Japanese" and "Chinese" are both Asian responses. Tabulations of responses involving reporting of two or more races within the American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories are available in other data products. (www.census.gov)
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User Defined Areas Program. This is a program of the US Census Bureau that allows users to submit locally defined boundaries that do not correspond to standard census geographic areas. The Census Bureau will provide predefined statistics for these areas.
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| Underground Storage Tank (UST)
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Regulated underground storage tank locations. Regulated underground storage tanks are those that have 10 percent or more of the tank and piping buried beneath the ground and contain a regulated substance. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Underweight
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See the Body Mass Index definition for underweight. |
| Uniform Crime Report
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The Uniform Crime Report is a compilation of statistics on Part 1 crimes, created annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Many local law enforcement agencies, including the Indianapolis Police Department (IPD) submit their Part 1 crime statistics to the FBI for inclusion in this report.
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| United Way Agency
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Practical and efficient human services programs that address local needs. (United Way of Central Indiana) |
| Upper Income Applicant
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Applicants who earn over 120% of the Median Family Income form their county of residence.
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| Utility Assistance
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Programs that provide financial assistance for people who are unable to pay their utility bills or which offer special services which support people’s ability to make their payments. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
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A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of enumeration, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration entirely by people who have a usual residence elsewhere are also classified as vacant. New units not yet occupied are classified as vacant housing units if construction has reached a point where all exterior windows and doors are installed and final usable floors are in place. Vacant units are excluded from the housing inventory if they are open to the elements; that is, the roof, walls, windows, and/or doors no longer protect the interior from the elements. Also excluded are vacant units with a sign that they are condemned or they are to be demolished. (www.census.gov)
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| Very Low Birth Weight
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Very low birth weight births are those infants born weighing less than 1,500 grams (3 lb. 5 oz.). This is a subset of low birth weight births. (ISDH)
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| Violent Crimes
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Violent crime is composed of these offenses: homicide, rape, robbery, and assault. According to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s definition, violent crimes involve force or threat of force against a person. (FBI)
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| Voluntary Redemption Program Site
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The Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) was established to provide any site owner, or prospective owner, a mechanism to cleanup contaminated property. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
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| Waste Industrial Site
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Facilities that generate and (or) manage hazardous waste, non-hazardous industrial waste, and solid waste. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Restricted Site
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Sites that accept only specific types of solid waste that fall into three select categories, as defined by IAC 329 10-2-159 of the Indiana Administrative Code. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Septage Site
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Septage Sites are permitted septage (septic tank waste) sites where the waste is land applied. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Solid Active Permitted Site
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Sites that allow solid waste. Solid waste is any garbage, refuse, sludge, or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations or from community activities. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Tire Site
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Tire Sites contain tires either for processing, for storage, or transport, as well as some illegal tire dumps. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Transfer Station
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Transfer Stations transfer solid waste from one collection vehicle to another; the waste is later disposed of at a state approved solid waste permitted facility. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Site
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Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities are facilities that may treat, store, and (or) dispose hazardous waste. Such facilities are usually also generators of hazardous waste. (Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality) |
| Wellness Program
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Programs that offer individual and/or group sessions which assist participants to understand how their lifestyle impacts their physical and mental health and to develop personal practices that enhance their total well-being. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| White
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A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish. (www.census.gov) |
| WIC (Women, Infant, Children)
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A federally-funded program that provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age five who cannot afford an adequate diet and, in the case of infants older than six weeks of age, who have a condition which shows a need for better nutrition. Vouchers are picked up at a WIC site (which are usually located in an health center that provides maternity and/or pediatric care) on a monthly basis and may be exchanged for milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, juice, vegetables, peanut butter, beans and formula in most grocery stores. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
| Worker
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The terms "worker" and "work" appear in connection with several subjects: employment status, journey-to-work, class of worker, and work status in 1999. Their meaning varies and, therefore, should be determined by referring to the definition of the subject in which they appear. When used in the concepts "Workers in Family," "Workers in Family in 1999," and "Full-Time, Year-Round Workers," the term "worker" relates to the meaning of work defined for the "Work Status in 1999" subject. (www.census.gov) |
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| Youth Program
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Programs that provide for the spiritual, social, mental and physical development of children and youth and their families through a broad-based program which includes classes, recreational activities, fitness programs, leadership development opportunities, camping, youth clubs, parent-child programs, youth employment support services, cross-cultural exchange programs, community involvement opportunities and a variety of other activities that give participants a chance to develop a wide range of interpersonal relationships, strengthen family ties and to achieve a satisfying degree of personal growth. (AIRS/INFOLINE) |
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| Zip Code
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Zip codes are geographically bound areas designated by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for mail delivery. They are designed for efficient mail delivery and in no way reflect political boundaries. Most, but not all, of the country is delineated by zip code. Zip codes are five digits; the first three represent the major city or USPS distribution center, and the last two are usually a specific post office delivery area.
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