A statistical procedure to create a neighborhood socioeconomic index for health inequalities analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Lalloue B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3621558 | biostudies-other | 2013
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A statistical procedure to create a neighborhood socioeconomic index for health inequalities analysis.
Lalloué Benoît B Monnez Jean-Marie JM Padilla Cindy C Kihal Wahida W Le Meur Nolwenn N Zmirou-Navier Denis D Deguen Séverine S
International journal for equity in health 20130328
<h4>Introduction</h4>In order to study social health inequalities, contextual (or ecologic) data may constitute an appropriate alternative to individual socioeconomic characteristics. Indices can be used to summarize the multiple dimensions of the neighborhood socioeconomic status. This work proposes a statistical procedure to create a neighborhood socioeconomic index.<h4>Methods</h4>The study setting is composed of three French urban areas. Socioeconomic data at the census block scale come from ...[more]
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