exdat_prepare_mdi

This tibble contains social indicators of the BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI) of geo units in Belgium.

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This R package has been developed with a focus on air pollution and noise but can be applied to other exposures. The initial development has been funded by the European Union project BEST-COST. Disclaimer: It is work in progress and the developers are not liable for any calculation errors or inaccuracies resulting from the use of this package.
Selection of relevant references (in chronological order):
WHO (2003) <https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241546204>,
Murray et al. (2003) <doi:10.1186/1478-7954-1-1>,
Miller & Hurley (2003) <doi:10.1136/jech.57.3.200>,
Steenland & Armstrong (2006) <doi:10.1097/01.ede.0000229155.05644.43>,
WHO (2011) <https://iris.who.int/items/723ab97c-5c33-4e3b-8df1-744aa5bc1c27>,
GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators (2020) <doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2>.

Alberto Castro

healthiar

Quantifying and Monetizing Health Impacts Attributable to
Exposure

Axel Luyten

Arno Pauwels

Liliana Vazquez Fernandez

Gianni Ardielli

Iracy Pimenta

Susanne Breitner

Carl Baravelli

Vanessa Gorasso

Maria Lepnurm

Andreia Novais

Maria Jose Rueda Lopez

Minh Nhat Pham

Ana Barbosa

Joao Vasco Santos

Anette Kocbach Bolling

exdat_prepare_mdi function

<code>exdat_prepare_mdi</code><dl>
 <dt>id</dt>
<dd>id of the geographic unit</dd> <dt>geo_name</dt>
<dd>name of the geographic unit</dd> <dt>edu, unemployed, single_parent, no_heating, pop_change</dt>
<dd>single social indicators that make up the MDI</dd> <dt>norm_...</dt>
<dd>normalized single social indicators of the MDI</dd> <dt>MDI</dt>
<dd>BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI)</dd> <dt>MDI_decile</dt>
<dd>decile of the MDI rankig</dd> <dt>MDI_quartile</dt>
<dd>quartile of the MDI ranking</dd>
</dl>

Format

Arno Pauwels &amp; Vanessa Gorasso

Author

Social indicators of the BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI) — exdat_prepare_mdi

<code>exdat_prepare_mdi</code><dl>
 <dt>id</dt>
<dd>id of the geographic unit</dd>

 <dt>geo_name</dt>
<dd>name of the geographic unit</dd>

 <dt>edu, unemployed, single_parent, no_heating, pop_change</dt>
<dd>single social indicators that make up the MDI</dd>

 <dt>norm_...</dt>
<dd>normalized single social indicators of the MDI</dd>

 <dt>MDI</dt>
<dd>BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI)</dd>

 <dt>MDI_decile</dt>
<dd>decile of the MDI rankig</dd>

 <dt>MDI_quartile</dt>
<dd>quartile of the MDI ranking</dd>


</dl>

Social indicators of the BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI)

exdat_prepare_mdi: Social indicators of the BEST-COST Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI)

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