Documented and Structured Poverty Database for Argentina

📅 2023-10-02 — Session: Documented and Structured Poverty Database for Argentina

🕒 11:50–12:40
🏷️ Labels: Poverty Index, Database Design, Data Analysis, Argentina, Documentation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to document and structure the database for the ‘Índice de Pobreza en Argentina’ project, focusing on data analysis and management.

Key Activities

• Created a README template for the project, detailing its importance and usage instructions.
• Analyzed JSON data structures related to economic observables, focusing on poverty and indigence statistics.
• Developed a step-by-step guide for documenting databases, covering sections like overview, file structure, and usage.
• Analyzed variables for data segmentation and described different data subsets.
• Proposed a database structure for PobrezaArgentina with tables for Personas, Hogares, Aglomerados, and Regiones.
• Suggested database structuring for analysis, considering keys and performance.
• Reviewed data collection and processing methodologies from the EPH and 2010 Census.

Achievements

• Successfully documented the project with a comprehensive README.
• Gained insights into the JSON data structure and economic observables.
• Established a clear framework for database documentation and structuring.

Pending Tasks

• Finalize the database schema implementation and test for performance and accuracy.