Using GIS-based methods of multicriteria analysis to construct socio-economic deprivation indices

Table 1 Structure of six deprivation indices (^†UK based; * Canadian based).

Measure	Jarman^†	Carstairs^†	Townsend^†	SEFI*	DIHWPQ*	GDI*
Type of Index
Material Deprivation	X	X	X	X	X	X
Social Deprivation	X	X		X	X	X
Categories of Variables Used
Income variables		X		X	X	X
Housing variables	X	X	X			X
Demographic variables	X			X	X	X
Mobility variables	X	X	X
Education variables				X	X	X
Employment variables	X	X	X	X	X	X
Variable Weighting Method
Principal Component Analysis				X	X	X
Log transformations			X
Expert Weighting	X
Geographic Unit of Analysis
Wards	X	X	X
Enumeration/Dissemination Areas					X
Census Tracts						X
Municipal boundaries				X

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