Measure child care access data using hexagons or census geographies

measure_access(
  method = "hexagon",
  geography = "census-block-group",
  geo_year = 2010,
  acs_year = 2019,
  hex_side = 1,
  radius = 10,
  decay = 4,
  as_of = "2021-04-01"
)

Arguments

method

"hexagon" or "census"

geography

Geography

geo_year

Geography year. 2010 or 2020

acs_year

5-year ACS end year

hex_side

Length of side of hexagons

radius

Consider providers/families that are in radius miles or closer.

decay

Decay parameter (used to weight access by distance) in calculating the access measure

as_of

Access as of date

Value

An sf object