Non-compensatory aggregation method to measure social and material deprivation in an urban area: relationship with premature mortality

Carolina Bruzzi, Enrico Ivaldi () and Stefano Landi ()
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Carolina Bruzzi: University of Genoa
Stefano Landi: Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, vol. 21, issue 3, No 6, 396 pages

Abstract: Abstract Health inequalities exist between nations, regions, and even smaller units. In societies where social and economic structures change rapidly and continuously, analysis of health socioeconomic determinants plays a fundamental role to provide proper policy answers. This study aims to measure accurately two different conceptions of deprivation by developing two different indexes using non-compensatory among sub-indicators aggregation methods. The proposed indicators are compared with premature mortality to verify deprivation’s effect on health status. The results show that materially deprived areas are not necessarily socially deprived and vice versa. Material deprivation has a positive statistical co-graduation with premature mortality, while social deprivation has no association with premature mortality.

Keywords: Health inequalities; Socioeconomic inequalities; Deprivation indexes; Pena distance; Socioeconomic status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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