Developing a new small-area measure of deprivation using 2001 and 2011 census data from Scotland☆

Material deprivation contributes to inequalities in health; areas of high deprivation have higher rates of ill-health. How deprivation is measured has a great impact on its explanatory power with respect to health. We compare previous deprivation measures used in Scotland and proposes a new deprivat...

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Main Authors: Allik, Mirjam, Brown, Denise, Dundas, Ruth, Leyland, Alastair H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889779/