dep_data: Scottish deprivation data
In SocEpi: Health Inequality Analysis

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The data set provides the Carstairs deprivation scores, deciles, quintiles and individual Carstairs score variables for Scottish postcode sectors in 2011. A few self-rated health variables from the 2011 Scottish Census are also provided.

dep_data

A data frame with 1012 rows and 26 variables:

PS_code: postcode sector code
PS_name: postcode sector name
health_board: health board name
council_area: Council area name
ur2fold: Two-fold urban-rural classification, derived based on 2011-2012 Scottish Government urban-rural classification for output areas. Used in this data set for illustration only.
total_pop: Number of people in postcode sector
pcnt_overcrowding: Percent of people living in overcrowded households
pcnt_male_unemp: Percent of unemployed men
pcnt_no_car: Percent of people in households with no access to a car/van
pcnt_low_class: Percent of people in low social class
carstairs: The 2011 Carstairs score
pcnt_limited_lot: Percent of people whose day-to-day activities are limited a lot
pcnt_no_llti: Percent of people whose day-to-day activities are not limited
pcnt_bad_health: Percent of people in bad or very bad health
pcnt_good_health: Percent of people in good or very good health
quintile: Quintiles of the Carstairs score; 1 - least deprived, 5 - most deprived
decile: Deciles of the Carstairs score; 1 - least deprived, 10 - most deprived
good_health: Number of people in very good and good health
fair_health: Number of people in fair health
bad_health: Number of people in bad or very bad health