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Table 1 Variables included in NZDep96

From: Monitoring health inequalities: life expectancy and small area deprivation in New Zealand

 

Variable

Description

1

Communication

People with no access to a telephone

2

Income

People aged 18–59 receiving a means-tested benefit

3

Employment

People aged 18–59 unemployed

4

Income

People living in households with equivalised1 income below an income threshold

5

Transport

People with no access to a car

6

Support

People aged < 60 living in a single-parent family2

7

Qualifications

People aged 18–59 without any qualifications3

8

Owned home

People not living in own home

9

Living space

People living in households below equivalised1 bedroom occupancy threshold

  1. (1) Equivalisation = methods used to control for household composition; (2) People less than 60 in a single parent family with dependent children as a proportion of all people under 60; (3) School or post school educational or training qualifications.