Between 2010 and 2011, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted the Physical Activity and Transit Survey (PAT). PAT includes three datasets collected via the following methods: A telephone survey (both landline and cell) from 3811 respondents asking about physical activity at work, in the home, for recreation and commuting and how often New Yorkers engaged in active transportation...

This dataset was generated during a repeated cross-sectional national telephone survey of households, conducted as part of the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative (UHI). UHI is a long-term effort to improve the health, safety, and well-being of children and youth in five economically distressed cities in the United States: Baltimore, MD, Detroit, MI, Oakland,...

This is a composite set of RealtyTrac data on property sales that occurred in the United States between the years 2005 and 2016. The main dataset is composed of RealtyTrac's Tax Assessor Database and includes information on property characteristics, location, ownership, and use. The Data Dictionary and Data Coverage Guide provide detailed information on variables available and geographic coverage....

The Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) dataset contains land use and geographic data about New York City at the tax lot level. It is an open data set compiled by various agencies and departments in the New York City government, including the Department of City Planning (DCP), Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), and Landmarks Preservation Commission...

The City Health Dashboard presents city- and/or census tract-level data for over 970 cities across the United States to describe population health within local contexts. Metrics included in the dashboard encompass five broad domains: health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care. The underlying data originates from a combination of publicly-available...

Baby's First Years is the first randomized controlled trial in the United States to examine the causal impact of unconditional cash payments on children's early cognitive, socio-emotional, and brain development over 52 months. Researchers recruited 1,000 mothers with infants and incomes below the federal poverty line residing near study sites in New Orleans, LA, the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN and...

This dataset was collected to compare cannabis and alcohol policies for localities (N = 241) within 12 California counties. The investigators collected and coded the legal text to compare overall restrictiveness and nine specific provisions that applied to both substances: Limits on hours of sale Limits on advertising Responsible server training requirements Prohibitions on outlet overconcentration Minimum...

Matthay et al integrated multiple data sources to investigate the association between local policies in California on cannabis outlet distribution, particularly in vulnerable neighborhoods. For 241 localities within 12 counties in California, the investigators identified seven policies pertaining to the density or location of recreational cannabis outlets, geocoded outlets using web-scraped data from...

The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study examines risk factors for heart disease among South Asians of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan descent in the United States to guide preventative measures and future treatments. Beginning in 2010, eligible South Asian participants between the ages of 40 and 80 were recruited from the San Francisco...

The Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD) was launched in 2023 to present actionable and nonpartisan data on health, drivers of health, and health equity for all 435 congressional districts across the United States and Washington DC. Like the City Health Dashboard, available metrics include health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care...