Creating Small Area Measures of Urban Deprivation

Distribution of physical activity facilities in Scotland by small area measures of deprivation and urbanicity

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of physical activity facilities by area-level deprivation in Scotland, adjusting for differences in urbanicity, and exploring differences between and within the four largest Scottish cities. METHODS We obtained a list of all recreational physical activity facilities in Scotland. These were mapped and assigned to datazones. Poiss...

Use of deprivation indices in small area studies.

Small-area deprivation measure datasets for Scotland, 2001 and 2011

These data present a new small-area deprivation measure, but also include a variety of other indicators, such as the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) and the Carstairs score. The data are for Scottish 2001 Datazones and for the years 2001 and 2011. In addition the data provide standardised self-reported measures of general health and limiting long-term illness. The theoretical back...

Asthma prevalence and deprivation: a small area analysis.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between the prevalence of asthma symptoms in adults and deprivation in the area of residence. DESIGN Two complementary surveys carried out between 1991-1993 yielding adult asthma symptom prevalence throughout New Zealand. Deprivation is measured by the NZDep91 index of deprivation for small areas. SETTING New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS A random sampl...

Do inaccuracies in small area deprivation analyses matter?

OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of computerised matching of postcode to enumeration district (ED) and to determine whether any mismatching reduces the validity of methods to distinguish socioeconomic differences in "small area" deprivation studies. DESIGN Computerised and manual matching of postcodes to EDs were compared and the census based Townsend deprivation score was compared with socio...