A comparison of two neighborhood-level socioeconomic indexes in the United States. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boscoe, Francis P.; Liu, Bian; Lee, Furrina
• Is Part Of: Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. Volume 37(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: Yost index -- Area deprivation index -- Socioeconomic status -- Small area analysis -- Block groups; Epidemiology -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; 614.4072
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2021.100412
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-5845

Abstract

Abstract: Summary socioeconomic indexes that capture information about wealth, education, employment, and housing are in wide use in public health. Here we compare the widely used Area Deprivation Index (ADI) to the Yost index. Though they are derived largely from the same data, there are substantial differences between the two. Examination of the geographic areas where the two indexes are most dissimilar suggest that the Yost index has greater face validity and that the ADI is highly sensitive to locations with incomplete census data and with census data containing outliers.