Transit Deserts: An Analysis of Their Impact On Health and Access to Health Care

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dc.contributorCubas Norando, German
dc.contributorClarke, Christopher
dc.contributorAntel, John J.
dc.contributor.authorCervantes, Angie
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-04T21:47:40Z
dc.date.available2020-08-04T21:47:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractA transit desert is defined as an area with limited transportation supply and or infrastructure, which may limit people’s ability to procure jobs, access health care, and obstructs economic mobility (Junfeng & Dillivan, 2013). The University of Texas Professor Junfeng Jiao first coined the term transit desert in 2012. Transit-dependent communities are immobile, unable to afford private transportation costs such as insurance or gas, and poverty-stricken. Using panel data of 3,974 block groups from 2013 to 2019, we investigate whether there is a relationship between vehicle availability and access to health care. We estimate the relationship between vehicle availability and various health outcome measurements, such as self-reported Unmet Medical Need, Emergency Room Visits by Children in the last 12 Months, and Last Reported Health Care Visit. We found that there is a relationship between vehicle availability and access to health; however, there are other vital factors such as not having insurance or having income below the poverty line, that transcend the effects of vehicle availability.
dc.description.departmentEconomics, Department of
dc.description.departmentHonors College
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/6950
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofSenior Honors Theses
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectTransit Deserts
dc.subjectHouston
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectHealth Care Access
dc.subjectHealth Care and Transit
dc.subjectTransit Availability
dc.subjectTransit and Health
dc.subjectPublic Transit
dc.subjectPrivate Transit
dc.subjectHouston Transit
dc.subjectTexas Transit
dc.subjectTransit and Health Care Access
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleTransit Deserts: An Analysis of Their Impact On Health and Access to Health Care
dc.typeHonors Thesis
dc.type.dcmiText
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.levelBachelors
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Science

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