Startup

Inputs

The Startup module has no inputs.

Outputs

MGRA Geography ([inputs].[mgra])

Create the Master Geographic Reference Area (MGRA) geography, used for every year of an Estimates run. The MGRA is the base unit of geography and nests within larger geographies used by the Estimates Program. Cross-references are pulled from SANDAG's internal [demographic_warehouse] database, which contains the documentation and methodology used to generate the cross-references. The Demographic Warehouse repository is private, for SANDAG internal use only, and is located here.

Special MGRAs ([inputs].[special_mgras])

MGRAs may contain special kinds of population and must be treated differently. Currently, only one type of special MGRA population is accounted for by SANDAG's Estimates Program, defined in this output table:

1. MGRAs with prison population, aka Group Quarters - Institutional Correctional Facilities, that have age and/or sex restrictions due to being strictly juvenile, adult, male, or female only facilities.

Each row of this table contains the following information:

Column	Description
[series]	The MGRA series
[mgra]	The MGRA zone the age/sex restrictions are applied to
[start_year]	The year inclusive that restrictions start being applied to
[end_year]	The year inclusive that restrictions stop being applied to
[pop_type]	The housing type restrictions are applied to
[sex]	(Optional) The sex the population must be
[min_age]	(Optional) The minimum age inclusive the population can be
[max_age]	(Optional) The maximum age inclusive the population can be