Young Mothers in Rhode Island
Authors: DataSpark, Dana Brandt, Joel Stewart, Ariel Neumann, Mel Bowdish
Working with Shiny < 1 year
Abstract: DataSpark partnered with the Dunamis Synergy Initiative of the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation to paint a comprehensive picture of young mothers in Rhode Island. Specifically, we highlight the educational and workforce outcomes for a cohort of 11,875 women who gave birth in Rhode Island between the ages of 15 and 25 in the years 2010 through 2015. This cohort excludes those young women who gave birth after completing postsecondary education and whose educational records could not found. The underlying data were drawn from Rhode Island state administrative records stored in the RIDataHub, namely records from the Department of Health, Department of Education, Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, and the Department of Labor and Training.
Full Description: The Dunamis Synergy Initiative of the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation is a two-generation initiative supporting parents with young children acquire postsecondary credentials and gainful employment while simultaneously preparing their children for future success. The Initiative serves residents of Rhode Island's four Core Cities (Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket), providing services to help expectant and parenting students access and persist in secondary and postsecondary educational settings.
DataSpark partnered with the Initiative to paint a comprehensive picture of young mothers in Rhode Island. Specifically, we highlight the educational and employment outcomes of 11,875 women who gave birth in Rhode Island between the ages of 15 and 25 in the years 2010 and 2015. This cohort excludes those young women who gave birth after completing postsecondary education and whose educational records could not found. This cohort excludes those young women who gave birth after completing postsecondary education and whose educational records could not found. The underlying data were drawn from Rhode Island state administrative records stored in the RIDataHub, namely records from the Department of Health, Department of Education, Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, and the Department of Labor and Training. To ensure the privacy of individuals, the underlying data and project code cannot be shared in an RStudio Cloud project.
DataSpark thanks the following partners for their support in this project:
- Rhode Island Department of Health,
- Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training,
- Rhode Island Department of Education,
- Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner,
- Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General,
- West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation, and
- Dunamis Synergy Initiative.
Category: Education
Keywords: education, employment, public sector, public policy
Shiny app: https://datasparkri.shinyapps.io/young_mothers/
Repo: NA
RStudio Cloud: NA
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