Norman, P orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-1625, Berrie, L and Exeter, DJ (2020) Calculating a deprivation index using census data. Australian Population Studies, 3 (1). pp. 30-39. ISSN 2208-8482
Abstract
Background
Deprivation indexes have widespread use in academic research and in local and national government applications. It is useful for people to understand their construction and to be able to calculate their own measures.
Aims
We provide an overview of the background to area based deprivation measures. We detail and explain a series of steps taken to calculate a deprivation index for small areas in Australia.
Data and methods
We use data from Australia’s 2016 Census of Population and Housing for the SA2 level of geography. After defining the set of variables used as inputs, we emulate the steps taken to calculate other census based deprivation indexes.
Results
The resulting scheme correlates closely with an official, but more sophisticated deprivation measure, suggesting that simple schemes have utility.
Conclusions
There are choices to be made for input variables and for some of the detail of the calculations. Researchers can follow the steps we describe to develop their own measures.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Norman, Berrie & Exeter 2019. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence 3.0 Australia (CC BY-NC 3.0 AU) |
Keywords: | Area deprivation; composite measures; small areas; Census |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2020 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 21 May 2020 14:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Australian Population Studies |
Identification Number: | 10.37970/aps.v3i1.45 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160950 |