Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas: development of an index and examination of its association with cancer mortality

Table 3 Univariate association between socio-economic variables and health outcomes during 2006–2010

Domains	Variables^a (The proportion of people with each of these status within an area)	Standardized episode rate^a (Inpatient)		Premature mortality (chronic condition-related)^a		Premature mortality (All cause)^a
Domains		Coef	P > t	Coef	P > t	Coef	P > t
Education	no schooling	1.37	< 0.001*	1.02	< 0.001*	0.87	0.014*
Education	degree course	-1.20	< 0.001*	-0.70	< 0.001*	-0.41	0.051
Income	low income	1.38	< 0.001*	1.13	< 0.001*	0.95	< 0.001*
Employment and occupation	unemployment	1.22	< 0.001*	0.25	0.129	0.03	0.890
	managerial occupation	-0.84	< 0.001*	-0.48	< 0.001*	-0.22	0.075
	elementary occupation	-0.93	0.007*	0.35	0.193	0.12	0.710
Marital status	divorced/separated	1.21	< 0.001*	0.80	0.001*	0.05	0.860
Marital status	never-married	3.15	0.022*	2.16	0.043*	1.81	0.160
Family composition	nuclear family	-1.07	0.108	-2.11	< 0.001*	-1.64	0.007*
Family size	one-person household	0.47	0.021*	0.43	0.008*	0.23	0.238
	two-persons household	2.29	< 0.001*	1.39	< 0.001*	0.89	0.039*
	6 + persons household	-0.80	< 0.001*	-0.31	0.001*	-0.05	0.639
Tenure of accommodation	ownership	-0.30	0.004*	-0.17	0.041*	0.28	0.001*
Tenure of accommodation	sub-tenancy	-0.11	0.242	0.03	0.627	0.04	0.546

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