{"id":48,"date":"2022-10-05T18:31:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-diversity.local\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2022-11-16T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T02:18:16","slug":"methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diversityonthehill.jointcenter.org\/118th-congress-tracker\/methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"
The charts include racial diversity data on top staff hired by new and returning members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate for the 118th Congress.<\/p>\n
To provide corrections to the data below, send an email with \u201cCORRECTION\u201d in the subject matter line to research@jointcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n This data was last updated on November 16, 2022.<\/p>\n The point of index<\/strong>, which ranks members based on diversity of their staff, is calculated by subtracting the percentage of a member\u2019s constituents who are people of color from the percentage of top staff of color in the member\u2019s office. For example, a member with 0% top staff of color and a 75% POC district would be at a -75 point of index (poor performing). A member with a top staff that is 66% POC who represents a 33% POC district would be at a 33 point of index (high performing). The table is set to be sorted by the point of index.<\/p>\n TBD<\/strong> = To be determined because we have no information that the position(s) has been filled.<\/p>\n *<\/strong> = This data has not yet been confirmed by the member\u2019s office or the staffer.<\/p>\n **<\/strong> = Two emails have been sent to the member\u2019s office, but the office has not responded to correct or confirm the data.<\/p>\n AAPI<\/strong> = Asian American\/Pacific Islander<\/p>\n MENA<\/strong> = Middle Eastern\/North African<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The charts include racial diversity data on top staff hired by new and returning members of the U.S. House and …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"hashtags":[],"yoast_head":"\n