A Swiss neighbourhood index of socioeconomic position: development and association with mortality

Panczak, Radoslaw; Galobardes, Bruna; Voorpostel, Marieke; Spoerri, Adrian; Zwahlen, Marcel; Egger, Matthias; the Swiss National Cohort and the Swiss Household Panel, for

doi:10.1136/jech-2011-200699

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A Swiss neighbourhood index of socioeconomic position: development and association with mortality

Published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health • Jun 20, 2012

Authors:

Radoslaw Panczak

Bruna Galobardes

Marieke Voorpostel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Area-based measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) suitable for epidemiological research are lacking in Switzerland. The authors developed the Swiss neighbourhood index of SEP (Swiss-SEP). METHODS: Neighbourhoods of 50 households with overlapping boundaries were defined using Census 200...

Subject

Neighbourhood (mathematics)

Socioeconomic status

Index (typography)

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