Table 1. Description of domain and variables used in OCOI construction.
| Domain | Constituent measure descriptions |
|---|---|
| Family stability | 1. Proportion of parents enrolled in Medicaid with a primary serious mental illness diagnosis |
| 2. Proportion of children living in a household with below-poverty income | |
| 3. Proportion of births that include no father's first/middle/last name | |
| 4. Proportion of families with a parent served by Medicaid who has an substance use disorder diagnosis | |
| 5. Labor market engagement index (HUD; reversed) | |
| Infant health | 1. Proportion of births that resulted in an infant mortality |
| 2. Proportion of Medicaid infants who had an injury or poisoning in the first year of life | |
| 3. Medicaid-enrolled infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome | |
| 4. Medicaid-enrolled infants with NICU stay | |
| 5. Proportion of infants born preterm | |
| 6. Medicaid children with six or more well-child visits in first 15 months of life (reversed) | |
| 7. Proportion of infants born to Medicaid-enrolled women with severe maternal morbidity | |
| Children's health (noninfant) | 1. Proportion of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 1–5 with a diagnosis of developmental delay including sight and hearing impairment |
| 2. Proportion of Medicaid children age 3–6 meeting continuous enrollment criteria with one or more well-child visits with a primary care physician (reversed) | |
| 3. Proportion of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 6–17 with a diagnosis of asthma | |
| 4. Proportion of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 6–17 with a diagnosis of mental illness | |
| 5. Proportion of Medicaid enrolled children ages 6–17 with a diagnosis of a developmental disability | |
| 6. Proportion of Medicaid enrolled children ages 6–17 with a diagnosis of diabetes | |
| 7. Proportion of Medicaid enrolled children ages 6–17 who received psychotropic BH medication | |
| 8. Proportion of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 6–17 with a diagnosis of obesity | |
| Access | 1. Proportion of Medicaid behavioral health visits for children that meet the access standards of CMS (reversed) |
| 2. Proportion of primary care visits for children that meet the access standards (driving time and driving distance) of CMS (reversed) | |
| 3. Geographic isolation (rurality) of the Census tract | |
| 4. Low transportation cost index | |
| 5. Percent occupied housing units in tract without a vehicle | |
| 6. Percent tract population within a distance from the supermarket | |
| 7. Distance to nearest elementary school | |
| Education | 1. Percent youth who have dropped out |
| 2. Percent of adults in the tract with more than high school education | |
| 3. Percent of youth (age: 5–17 years) not enrolled in school | |
| 4. Proportion of children not meeting third grade reading standards | |
| 5. Free lunch distribution (reversed) | |
| 6. Graduation rate (reversed) | |
| 7. School performance index (reversed) | |
| 8. School's value-added score (reversed) | |
| Housing | 1. Percentage putting 50% of income toward mortgage |
| 2. Percentage of households with less than one person per room | |
| 3. Percentage putting 50% of income toward rent | |
| 4. Percent housing identified as vacant | |
| 5. Percent renting | |
| 6. Percentage living in same housing unit for less than 1 year | |
| 7. Rate of evictions among renters | |
| Environment | 1. Tract land area not covered by vegetation |
| 2. Tract land area covered by open development (e.g., pavement, parking) | |
| 3. Percent of housing units constructed prior to 1980 | |
| 4. Annual average of daily pm25 measurements | |
| 5. Count of tobacco retail outlets within a 3/4 mile buffered tract boundary | |
| 6. Environmental health hazard index (air quality) | |
| Criminal justice | 1. Average number of homicide, assault, and sexual assault incidents per person reported to police each year during the period 2017–2018 |
| 2. The average number of robbery incidents per person reported to police each year during the period 2017–2018 | |
| 3. The average number of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor-vehicle theft incidents per person reported to police each year during the period 2017–2018 | |
| 4. The average number of drunkenness and driving under the influence incidents per person reported to police each year during the period 2017–2018 | |
| 5. The average number of drug crime incidents per person reported to police each year during the period 2017–2018 |
Abbreviations: BH, behavioral health; CMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; OCOI, the Ohio Children's Opportunity Index.