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Table 1 Contextual features involved in spatial inequalities in health and variables included in the design of the GeoClasH classification

From: Beyond the map: evidencing the spatial dimension of health inequalities

Contextual features

Variables

Time

Data sources

Physical environment

Population density

2014

IGN-INSEE

Air quality score

2009–2013

INERIS

Pesticides’ risk exposure

2012

Corine Land Cover

Social characteristics of the population

Median income per household people

2014

INSEE

Unemployment rate

2014

INSEE

Percentage of labourers and employees

2014

INSEE

Percentage of high school graduates

2014

INSEE

Percentage of unattached individuals

2014

INSEE

Spatial accessibility to health care

Average journey time to hospital

2014

SAE-Odomatrix

Spatial accessibility to primary care practitioners

2013

DREES

  1. Every variables included in the calculation of the GeoClasH classification was produced at the municipality scale
  2. Variables considered but unavailable at the municipality scale: water quality; noise; ultraviolet radiation; green spaces; food, alcohol and tobacco retail environments