A neighborhood wealth metric for use in health studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measures of neighborhood deprivation used in health research are typically based on conventional area-based SES.

Purpose

The aim of this study is to examine new data and measures of SES for use in health research. Specifically, assessed property values are introduced as a new individual-level metric of wealth and tested for their ability to substitute for conventional area-based SES as measures of neighborhood deprivation.

Methods

The analysis was conducted in 2010 using data from 1922 participants in the 2008-2009 survey of the Seattle Obesity Study (SOS). It compared the relative strength of the association between the individual-level neighborhood wealth metric (assessed property values) and area-level SES measures (including education, income, and perce

SUBMITTER: Moudon AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3118096 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature