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Schools & Alcohol/Tobacco/Cannabis Retailers

An interactive proximity analysis of K-12 schools and retailers of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana across Clackamas County. Includes a 1/2 mile buffer around each school to assess walkability and two base layers of the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, revealing which census tracts experience high, moderate, or low socioeconomic status and overall social vulnerability.

 

 
 

Context: While close physical access to alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis is by no means the only driver of youth and substance use, research shows that a child’s social and physical environment is pivotal to decision-making when it comes to smoking, vaping, and drinking. This is most prominent among the tobacco and vaping industry.

Density of retailers that sell these products is an evidence-based predictor of youth smoking and vaping, as youth are especially susceptible to marketing. Tobacco companies know this and leverage their environment to reach both current and future customers by advertising and promoting their products, normalizing the presence of tobacco products in everyday life. As the number of tobacco retailers increase, so does exposure to tobacco advertising and promotion. 

Experimental smoking and vaping among youth is correlated with the number of tobacco retailers in high school neighborhoods and in communities where youth live. Additionally, tobacco retailers are disproportionately located in more heavily populated in areas with a greater number of minority and low-income populations, which may account for the higher percentage of youth who are of low socioeconomic status smoking.

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Liquor Stores

Licensed and operating liquor retailers listed under the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in 2020.

Tobacco Retailers

Commonly referred to as smoke shops, these businesses are identified as selling tobacco and tobacco products by Esri Business Analyst via SIC and NAICS industry classifications in 2020.

Cannabis Retailers

Businesses listed under the Oregon Liquor Control Commission as licensed and operating cannabis retailers in 2020.

Convenience Stores & Gas Stations

Businesses identified as convenience stores or gas stations, commonly selling beer, wine, and tobacco products, by Esri Business Analyst via SIC and NAICS industry classifications in 2020.

Grocery Stores

Businesses identified as grocery stores selling beer, wine, and/or tobacco products, by Esri Business Analyst via SIC and NAICS industry classifications in 2020. Grocery stores tend to be the most common places where youth access these substances.

Schools

Public elementary, middle, and high schools, including junior academies as well as Montessori and charter schools, listed by the Oregon Department of Education in 2020. There is a 0.5 mile buffer around each of the schools to aid in proximity analysis.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

Using 2018 data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the CDC created a series of indices measuring the social vulnerability of a population by census tract. The measurement is out of 1, with 1 being high vulnerability. The variables that were used to create each index are: socioeconomic status (below poverty, unemployed, income, no high school diploma), household composition & disability (aged 65 or older, aged 17 or younger, older than age 5 with a disability, single-parent households), minority status & language (minority, speak English “less than well”), and housing type & transportation (multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle, group quarters).
 
This map displays the overall index that weights all of the variables together, as well as the the socioeconomic theme standing alone.