The Québec index of material and social deprivation : Indice de défavorisation matérielle et social du Québec: suivi méthodologique de 1991 à 2006

Several scientific publications and websites are related to it, at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec Table 1 shows the number and size (in average and Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux.1 These population) of these basic area units as they exist in sites offer various applications that enhance the Québec, and identifies those used in constructing the utilization of the i [...] The proportion of basic area units used to construct the index is lower in small towns and rural The intent of this paper is to remedy that deficiency and areas than elsewhere in Québec, although it increased to respond to index users’ requests in this regard. [...] These indicators are the proportion of With the exception of F_MONO, these indicators are all people aged 15 years and older with no high school adjusted according to the population’s age and sex diploma (SCOLAR), the population/employment ratio of structure, using as a reference the population of Québec people aged 15 years and older (EMPLOI), the average during the years when the index was revis [...] Principal components analysis (PCA), a form of factor For these areas, an income value was imputed from the analysis, is the method used to combine socio-economic values of the other five indicators in the index, and for indicators in the form of a deprivation index. [...] PCA produced a factor score for each component, in In other words, the material conditions of the most other words, a value that expresses the relative level of deprived group were not only below those of the most material and social deprivation of each EA–DA in 1991, privileged group but, over time, they were declining 1996, 2001, and 2006.