Table 2.

Alaska Pandemic Resilience Index variables

Category	Description	Source
Economic factors	Employment participation rate (%) of the population 16 years and above	American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimate (2015–2019)
	Percentage of households with no social security income	ACS 5-year estimate (2015–2019)
	Percentage of households with no public assistance income	ACS 5-year estimate (2015–2019)
	Subsistence estimate: per capita harvest (lb)	Division of subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Report: Estimated harvests of fish, wildlife and wild plant resources by Alaska region and census areas 2017. Note: for Fairbanks North Star Borough, per capita harvest contained a combination of Fairbanks North Star Borough and portions of the Denali Borough and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (as stated in the report)
Household demography	Percentage of population aged from 20 to 54 years	ACS 5-year estimate (2015–2019)
Language	Percentage of population 5 years and above speaking native North American language	ACS 5-year estimate (2011–2015)
Geography	Percentage of an isolated population	Calculated for the block groups’ population based on road connectivity using ArcGIS Pro. Block groups through which primary and secondary roads have not passed were considered isolated block groups. Block groups data were from ACS 5-year estimate 2015–2019, roads were from data.gov.
Healthcare factors	Percentage of the population having at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine (proxy to vaccination acceptance)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (data as of 7 March 2022, 6:00 Eastern Time),
	Estimate of primary care providers (primary care physicians plus other primary healthcare providers) per 100 000 population	County Health Rankings & Road Maps (year: 2019). Primary Care Physicians include MDs, and DOs except for obstetrics/gynaecology, Other primary healthcare providers include nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical nurse specialists.