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. 2020 Sep 14;19:36. doi: 10.1186/s12942-020-00229-x

Table 1.

Social vulnerability index theme and variables

SVI theme Variables
Socioeconomic status

% Below poverty level

% Unemployed

Per Capita Income

% Age 25 or older with no high school diploma

Household composition & disability

% Age 65 or older

% Age 17 or younger

% Single parent household

Minority status & languages

% Minority

% Age 5 or older speak english “less than well”

Housing & transportation

% Multi-unit structure

% Mobile homes

% Crowding (more people than rooms)

% Households without a vehicle

% In institutionalized group quarters