Mentor/s
Professor Khawaja Mamun Professor Michael Gorman
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
September 21, 2019 marked the day that a 16 year old Swedish girl would help "fan the flame" on the already controversial topics of Climate Change, and environmental awareness in the United States of America. Greta Thunberg arrival in the U.S.A had shocked many Americans at how other countries view them in terms of how they take care of their environment. However her speech was not not the first nor the last time pollution had been brought before the eyes of the globe. For years, economists, politicians, and those of the general American populous had been rigorously debating the topic for well over a decade now. But it is not like strides have been made already: higher littering fines, introduction of recycling to public schools, and the replacement of plastic in everyday products with materials that are both biodegradable and sustainable. That being said, many disregard these debates because of a preexisting mindset that being environmentally conscious has no real impact on them or the people they care about. To test this from a "micro" scale, I had conducted research on how the number of disability claims correlate with the amount of pollution in certain states. The data collected was then compared to the total population of the state to determine the percentage of SSI and SSDI claims a state has both received and approved, and how that may relate to pollution trends in the area.
College and Major available
Business Economics, Finance
Location
Digital Commons
Start Day/Time
4-24-2020 2:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-24-2020 4:00 PM
Comments
Additional files include a narrated PowerPoint, data sets, and graphics
Prize Categories
Best Multidisciplinary Research or Collaboration, Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Most Meaningful
Vocal Presentation of the Powerpoint
Research Data (1) 2020.xlsx (8902 kB)
Disability Claims Data Set
Research Data (2) 2020.xlsx (169680 kB)
AQI Data Set
Research Final Master.xlsx (1020 kB)
Growth Rates, Regression Models, and Graphs
Geoimpairment: How Pollution Has Affected Disability in the United States
Digital Commons
September 21, 2019 marked the day that a 16 year old Swedish girl would help "fan the flame" on the already controversial topics of Climate Change, and environmental awareness in the United States of America. Greta Thunberg arrival in the U.S.A had shocked many Americans at how other countries view them in terms of how they take care of their environment. However her speech was not not the first nor the last time pollution had been brought before the eyes of the globe. For years, economists, politicians, and those of the general American populous had been rigorously debating the topic for well over a decade now. But it is not like strides have been made already: higher littering fines, introduction of recycling to public schools, and the replacement of plastic in everyday products with materials that are both biodegradable and sustainable. That being said, many disregard these debates because of a preexisting mindset that being environmentally conscious has no real impact on them or the people they care about. To test this from a "micro" scale, I had conducted research on how the number of disability claims correlate with the amount of pollution in certain states. The data collected was then compared to the total population of the state to determine the percentage of SSI and SSDI claims a state has both received and approved, and how that may relate to pollution trends in the area.
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