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Table 2 Description of the first selection of 48 socioeconomic variables at the census block group scale

From: A statistical procedure to create a neighborhood socioeconomic index for health inequalities analysis

Unless stated otherwise, variables are proportions expressed in %

Var. Id.

Family and household

People under the age of 25 in the total population

1

People over the age of 65 in the total population

2

People living outside the household (boarder students, soldier in garrison, people in jail, people in nursing home or in hospital, etc.) in the total population

3

SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES IN THE TOTAL POPULATION

4

Householders living alone in the total population

5

Immigration and mobility

FOREIGN PEOPLE IN THE TOTAL POPULATION

6

FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS (SINCE THE LAST CENSUS) IN THE TOTAL POPULATION

7

People who have moved from their municipality since the last census in the total population

8

Employment and income

People in the labor force in the total population a

9

Men in the labor force in the total male population a

10

Women in the labor force in the total female population a

11

Unemployed people in the labor force b

12

Unemployed foreigners in the labor force b

13

Unemployed people in the 15-24 years old labor force b

14

Over 50 years old unemployed people in the labor force b

15

Unemployed people in the male labor force b

16

Unemployed people in the female labor force b

17

People unemployed for more than 1 year in the labor force b

18

SELF-EMPLOYED (INDEPENDENT WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, ETC.) IN THE LABOR FORCE

19

PEOPLE WITH UNSTABLE JOBS IN THE LABOR FORCE (APPRENTICES, TRAINEES, TEMPORARY JOBS, ETC.)

20

PEOPLE WITH STEADY JOBS IN THE LABOR FORCE

21

Farmers in the labor force

22

Managers in the labor force

23

Blue-collar workers in the labor force

24

MEDIAN INCOME PER CONSUMPTION UNIT (IN EUROS PER YEAR) c

25

Education

People 6-15 years old attending school in the 6-15 years old population

26

PEOPLE WITH NO SCHOOL GRADUATION (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION

27

PEOPLE WITH BASIC OR INTERMEDIATE GENERAL OR VOCATION QUALIFICATIONS (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION

28

PEOPLE WITH GENERAL OR VOCATIONAL MATURITY CERTIFICATES (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION

29

People with at least a lower tertiary education (and not studying) in the 15 years old and more population

30

People with a higher educational degree (and not studying) in the 15 years old and more population

31

Students in the 15 years old and more population

32

Housing

Individual houses in the main residences

33

Multiple dwelling units in the main residences

34

NON-OWNER-OCCUPIED IN THE MAIN RESIDENCES

35

Subsidized housing in the main residences

36

Main residences built before 1968

37

Main residences built after 1990

38

Main residences less than 40 m2

39

Main residences larger than 150 m2

40

Main residences without bathtub or shower

41

Main residences without toilet

42

Main residences without heating

43

Main residences with a parking space (garage or other)

44

MAIN RESIDENCES WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON PER ROOM

45

AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER ROOMc

46

HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A CAR

47

 

HOUSEHOLDS WITH 2 OR MORE CARS

48

  1. aRedundant group “labor force”.
  2. bRedundant group “unemployment”.
  3. cNot a proportion.
  4. UPPERCASE : variables selected commonly for each metropolitan areas and global analysis.
  5. Italic: variables selected during the “reduction of redundant groups” step for the global analysis.