Digging deeper in the census data part 5: Ethnical Distribution

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In our previous post we dealt with jobs and unemployment, which along with education levels showed some strong influence over socio-economic conditions.

Today we will deal with census data about something that has recently become an hot topic in many countries: immigration and how it changes the ethnic make-up of many areas.

Digging deeper in the census data part 4: Jobs and Unemployment

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In our previous post we dealt with educational levels and discovered how outliers can be more frequent than expected, making some areas hard to analyze for many variables.

Following educational levels, employment is another extremely important set of information.

Digging deeper in the census data part 3: Determining Education Levels

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In this article we will look into the census variables related to educational levels.
Strictly related to the demographic segments we treated in our previous article, education is an important variable in defining demographic segments, especially in Italy where university graduates are relatively fewer compared to EU averages.

Digging deeper in the census data part 2: Age segmentation

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In this article we will look into the census variables related to population age.
Knowing if a neighbourhood is populated mostly by working age people opposed to pensioners could make a world of difference depending on what is being researched on.

Not only the general tastes of different generations changes but also the kind of services that are required. A lack of schools near a zone with an high percentage of pre-schoolers for example could indicate both a potential business niche for private child care or a place in troubled socio-economic status.