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Category 1
Measuring Economic Security
Security is the ability to meet one's economic needs sustainably and to endure periods of instability. Secure access to basic resources is vital for human flourishing, and the absence of security assures an absence of wellbeing.
Category 1
Economic Security
for the nation
5.37
The ability of households to consistently meet their needs sustainably and with dignity.
2021 
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Economic Security is made up of 3 measures...
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2021
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Economic Security
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* 5th to 95th percentiles of US counties
* 5th to 95th percentiles of US counties
Overall CORE Score for 2021
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Wellbeing
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Category 1
Economic Security
Measures
Household financial resilience
Not housing burdened
Poverty
Category 2
Economic Opportunity
Measures
Prime age labor force participation rate
Average education level
Median wage growth
Category 3
Health
Measures
Healthcare coverage
Life expectancy
Category 4
Political Voice
Measures
Quality of representation
Civic participation
Voter turnout
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Economic Security
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overall
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CORE Score
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