Publications

Authors:

Landi, Stefano; Ivaldi, Enrico; Testi, Angela

Title:

Measuring Change Over Time in Socio-economic Deprivation and Health in an Urban Context: The Case Study of Genoa

Year:

2017

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH

ISSN of journal:

0303-8300

N° Volume:

139

Number or Folder:

2

Page numbers:

745-785

Keyword:

Deprivation; Health status; Mazziotta-Pareto; Genoa Deprivation Index; Standardized mortality ratios; Deprivation over time; Health inequalities; Socioeconomic inequalities

Short description of contents:

The inverse relationship between socioeconomic and health status has been well established in the literature. Disparities in health status due to socioeconomic conditions are unfair and can be prevented through appropriate health and social policies. The relation between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes can be proven at both the individual and geographic level. In this study, we follow the second stream of literature. The objective of the study is to measure how deprivation changes over time in an urban context, finding out whether socioeconomic inequalities association with health outcomes endure over time. To do so, a census-based deprivation index (GDI-Genoa Deprivation Index) have been developed using three aggregation methods-additive, Mazziotta-Pareto, and Pena distance. The innovation of the work is the attempt to evaluate deprivation over time, trying to formalize a methodological path replicable in other situation. Health status has been assessed using the standardized (premature) mortality ratios. The findings reveal that although deprivation inequalities continue to exist in Genoa, global levels have been decreasing. In addition, the rate of premature mortality has shown improvements. Despite this, GDI scores continue to be associated with premature deaths: individuals living in deprived areas report consistently high standardised mortality ratios.

Product ID:

123721

Handle IRIS:

11562/1053810

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Landi, Stefano; Ivaldi, Enrico; Testi, Angela, Measuring Change Over Time in Socio-economic Deprivation and Health in an Urban Context: The Case Study of Genoa «SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH» , vol. 139 , n. 2 , 2017 , pp. 745-785

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