Abstract
ISEE-154 Objective: In the Czech Republic any socioeconomic deprivation index (SESDI) has not been constructed for the use in ecologic studies yet. The aim of the study financed by the grant agency of the Czech MoH was to create such SESDI. Material and Methods: The SESDI components were selected from the census data (2001). The selection was done according to domains of material and social deprivation. Material deprivation was represented by ownership of accommodation (including cottage houses), car, phone, density of housing; social deprivation by education, singles, economic activity, and unemployment. The first step of selection was done on the level of census enumeration districts (ED; 5114) in the Moravian region (6 districts) with the total population of 1,253,000 inhabitants. Following factors were chosen for the first analysis: type of ownership of accommodation (weighted distribution for each ED was grouped into 5 categories; the districts were assigned by the average rating), density of housing (average/ED), ownership of summer cottage, car, phone (%), singles (%), education (weighted distribution), economic activity, and unemployment. The results of the analysis classified districts by deprivation level and were visualized by GIS. Then the order of distribution of all available SES factors from census was prepared for 6 pilot districts, verified by the results of the detailed analysis on ED level. The final selection of factors was done by omitting the similar ones with the same distribution and a factor with different distribution was included (incomplete families with children). Finally the same method was applied for all 77 districts in the Czech Republic. Results: Based on detailed analysis, the following factors were selected: material—ownership of accommodation, car, phone, and density of housing; social—proportion of basic education, unemployed, singles, and incomplete families with children. Conclusions: The final set of SESDI components was a basis for construction of the index.
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