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Table 1 Criteria to construct the deprivation index

From: A multi-criteria spatial deprivation index to support health inequality analyses

Dimension

Variable

Indicator/Criteria

Education

Level of instruction

A: % of people without any level of instruction

Health

Health insurance

B: % of people with no health insurance

 

Disabled people

C: % of people that area disable for more than a year

Employment

Workers with no payment

D: % of people that work with no payment

Housing

House structure

E: % of houses with damaged roofs

 

Overcrowding

F: % of houses with more than four people per dormitory

 

House services

G: % of houses without sewerage system

  

H: % of houses without connection to the electric grid

  

I: % of houses without connection to the drinking water supply system

  

J: % of houses without cobbled or paved access roads

  

K: % of houses without garbage collection service

 

House general condition

L: % of houses that are shacks