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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Social Behavior > Social Isolation > Social Deprivation

Preferred term

Social Deprivation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Deprivation Index, Social
  • Deprivation Indices, Social
  • Index, Social Deprivation
  • Indices, Social Deprivation
  • Social Deprivation Index
  • Social Deprivation Indices

Note

  • for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Scope note

  • Limited access to society's resources due to poverty. discrimination, or other disadvantage. Conditions based on seven demographic characteristics collected in the American Community Survey (ACS): often include percent living in poverty, percent with less than 12 years of education, percent of single parent households, percent living in rented housing unit, percent living in overcrowded housing unit, percent of households without a car, and percent of non-employed adults under the age of 65 years.(https://dictionary.apa.org/socialdeprivation).

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000091489

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