A comparison of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004 with the 2009 + 1 SIMD: Does choice of measure affect the interpretation of inequality in mortality?

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ralston, Kevin ^a   Dundas, Ruth ^b   Leyland, Alastair H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Inequality; Measurement; Mortality; Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903804272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-27     Document Type: Article

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