This visualization is a line chart tracking average income across the various levels of maximum attained education.
Data Source: Table 2A of What It's Worth: FIeld of Training and Economic Status, US Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 Panel.
Visualization modified from d3noobs scatterplot example.
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<style> /* set the CSS */
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: black;
stroke-width: 2px;
}
</style>
<body>
<!-- load the d3.js library -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 60},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
//color dots
var color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory10);
// set the ranges
var x = d3.scaleBand().range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scaleLinear().range([height, 0]);
// define the line
var valueline = d3.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.Education); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.Average); });
// append the svg obgect to the body of the page
// appends a 'group' element to 'svg'
// moves the 'group' element to the top left margin
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// Get the data
d3.csv("Table 2A.csv", function(error, data) {
if (error) throw error;
// format the data
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.Education = (d.Education);
d.Average = +d.Average;
});
// Scale the range of the data
x.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.Education; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.Average; })]);
// Add the valueline path.
svg.append("path")
.data([data])
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", valueline);
// Add the scatterplot
svg.selectAll("dot")
.data(data)
.enter().append("circle")
.attr("r", 4)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.Education); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.Average); })
.style("fill", function(d) {return color(d.Education);});
// Add the X Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x));
// Add the Y Axis
svg.append("g")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y))
.append("text")
.attr("x", 0 - (height / 2))
.attr("y", 15 - margin.left)
.attr("dy", "0.32em")
.attr("fill", "#000")
.attr("font-weight", "bold")
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.text("Average Income $");
});
</script>
</body>
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