Construction of an adaptable European transnational ecological deprivation index: the French version

Abstract: Background: Studying social disparities in health implies the ability to measure them accurately, to compare them between different areas or countries and to follow trends over time. This study proposes a method for constructing a French European deprivation index, which will be replicable in several European countries and is related to an individual deprivation indicator constructed from a European survey specifically designed to study deprivation. Methods and Results: Using individual data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey, goods/services indicated by individuals as being fundamental needs, the lack of which reflect deprivation, were selected. From this definition, which is specific to a cultural context, an individual deprivation indicator was constructed by selecting fundamental needs associated both with objective and subjective poverty. Next, the authors selected among variables available both in the European Union Statistics on Income

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health ; 66 (2012) 11 ; 982-989

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2012
• Creator: Pornet, Carole ; Delpierre, Cyrille ; Dejardin, Olivier ; Grosclaude, Pascale ; Launay, Ludivine ; Guittet, Lydia ; Lang, Thierry ; Launoy, Guy

Further information

• DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200311
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76583-6
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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