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Townsend deprivation index

Townsend deprivation index proper noun: a measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.

Proper noun

Townsend deprivation index

  1. A measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.

Origin of Townsend deprivation index

First described by sociologist Peter Townsend in 1988.

Questions about Townsend deprivation index

What does Townsend deprivation index mean?
Townsend deprivation index means a measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.
What part of speech is Townsend deprivation index?
Townsend deprivation index is a proper noun.

Words near Townsend deprivation index in the dictionary

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  9. Townsend Harbor
  10. Townsend's solitaire
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