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Table 4 Mean of DIs scores by individual educational level

From: Ability of ecological deprivation indices to measure social inequalities in a French cohort

 

n

FDep

FEDI

Townsend

Educational level

< High school

7454

−0.16 (−0.17; −0.14)

0.11 (0.06; 0.17)

1.26 (0.21; 1.31)

High school to 2-level university

32,723

−0.23 (−0.24; −0.22)

−0.12 (−0.1; −0.08)

1.11 (1.08; 1.14)

3−/4-level university

12,008

−0.44 (−0.45; −0.42)

−0.22 (−0.27; −0.18)

1.44 (1.39; 1.49)

5-level university

11,703

−0.73 (−0.75; −0.71)

−0.22 (−0.26; −0.17)

2.00 (1.95; 2.05)

p-value for trend

 

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

  1. Least squares means (95% confidence interval) from generalized estimating equation (GEE) methods
  2. FDep French Deprivation index, FEDI French European Deprivation Index
  3. N.B.: a lower DI score means less deprivation