Abstract
Older Moms Deliver
Track: GIS for Administration, Planning and Policy
Author(s): Richard Lycan, Charles Rynerson
We examine the relationships between increased births to older mothers, housing gentrification, and recent grade KG-02 enrollment growth, as observed in the Portland Public School District. Enrollment in the District has declined for a number of years, due in part to fewer births to younger (under 30) mothers, but in the past two years we have seen a modest enrollment surge in KG-02 enrollment. It is likely that this has been due in part to an upturn in the number of births to older (30 and over) mothers, many of them first births. We use classic GIS methods to identify the intersections of births, housing gentrification, and school enrollment. We then link these birth mothers to tax-lot data at the household level and examine the demographics of these older more affluent birth mothers and the types of housing in which their families reside.
Richard Lycan
Portland State University
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Portland State University
Portland , Oregon 97207-0751
United States
Phone: 503-725-5158
E-mail: lycand@pdx.edu
Charles Rynerson
Portland State University
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Portland , Oregon 97207
United States
Phone: 503-725-5157
E-mail: rynerson@pdx.edu