Calculating a deprivation index using census data

Developing a new small-area measure of deprivation using 2001 and 2011 census data from Scotland☆

Material deprivation contributes to inequalities in health; areas of high deprivation have higher rates of ill-health. How deprivation is measured has a great impact on its explanatory power with respect to health. We compare previous deprivation measures used in Scotland and proposes a new deprivation measure using the 2001 and 2011 Scottish census data. We calculate the relative index of ineq...

Spatial Distribution Of Iranian Population In Canada: A Portrait Using The 2001 Census Data

Where Are Socioeconomically Deprived Immigrants Located in Chile? A Spatial Analysis of Census Data Using an Index of Multiple Deprivation from the Last Three Decades (1992-2012)

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Immigrants in Chile have diverse characteristics and include socioeconomically deprived populations. The location of socioeconomically deprived immigrants is important for the development of public policy intelligence at the local and national levels but their areas of residence have not been mapped in Chile. This study explored the spatial distribution of ...

residential segregation and infant mortality: a multilevel study using iranian census data

background: there is a great amount of literature concerning the effect of racial segregation on health outcomes but few papers have discussed the effect of segregation on the basis of social, demographic and economic characteristics on health. we estimated the independent effect of segregation of determinants of socioeconomic status on infant mortality in iranian population. methods: for measu...

Census Data Mining and Data Analysis using WEKA

Data mining (also known as knowledge discovery from databases) is the process of extraction of hidden, previously unknown and potentially useful information from databases. The outcome of the extracted data can be analyzed for the future planning and development perspectives. In this paper, we have made an attempt to demonstrate how one can extract the local (district) level census, socio-econo...