Table 1 Descriptions of the variables included in the compilation of the two indices. Reference periods 1994 and 2004. All expressed in percentages (%).
| Â | Â | 1994 | Â | Â | Â | 2004 | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Description | Mean | Std | Min | Max | Mean | Std | Min | Max |
Townsend index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployment | Percentage of economically active residents aged 18–64 who are unemployed. | 5.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
Car ownership | Percentage of private households who do not posses a car. | 48.4 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 89.8 | 45.5 | 16.0 | 27.1 | 78.8 |
Home ownership | Percentage of private dwellings not owner occupied. | 48.4 | 28.3 | 0.0 | 99.6 | 29.2 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 80.9 |
Overcrowding | Percentage of private households with children with >2 people per room, kitchen and 1 room uncounted. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Index values | Â | 0.0 | 2.5 | -6.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | -6.9 | 4.9 |
Congdon index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Private renting | Percentage of private households in rented accommodation. | 48.4 | 28.3 | 0.0 | 99.6 | 29.2 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 80.9 |
Single person household | Percentage of residents aged <65 and living alone. | 45.5 | 13.6 | 25.2 | 81.9 | 48.6 | 12.2 | 28.8 | 81.0 |
Unmarried | Percentage of residents aged >15 and not married. | 46.9 | 8.7 | 22.3 | 61.4 | 43.1 | 7.9 | 22.2 | 58.5 |
Mobility | The percentage of residents that moved in or out during the previous year. | 23.1 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 39.7 | 23.9 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 40.9 |
Index values | Â | 0.0 | 1.9 | -4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | -4.4 | 4.5 |