Table 5

Weights (regression model coefficients) of variables selected for the ecological deprivation index (EDI) in Italy, Portugal, Spain and England from 2001, and from 1999 for France's census data

Domains	Variables	France	Italy	Portugal	Spain	England
Social exclusion	Crime/vandalism				0.49
	Foreign nationality	0.41
Household data	Overcrowding*	0.21	0.83	0.40	0.99	0.95
	Single-parent household	1.00				1.35
	Household with ≥6 persons	0.97
Basic amenities of housing	No bath or shower	0.71	2.08	0.06	1.33
	No indoor flushing		0.56	1.46
	No detached house					0.85
Home ownership	Non-owner†	1.02	1.07	1.19	0.73	1.46
Car	No car	0.71			1.74	0.83
Marital status	Not married		0.15		0.37	0.45
Year of birth/sex	Women aged ≥65 years		0.33	0.25
Employment status	Permanently disabled or/and unable to work					0.98
	Unemployed	0.94	1.18	0.37
Education level	No higher education‡	1.17	1.07	1.29	1.30	0.31
Occupation	Status in employment : no self-employer with employees				0.95
	Occupation : low income occupations§	0.57	0.19	0.01	0.62	0.39

*Overcrowding: ‘>1 person per room’, except for Portugal: ‘household with 6 rooms or more’.
†Non-owner: ‘all non-owners’ in France and Spain; ‘renters’ in Italy and Portugal; ‘social renters’ in England.
‡No higher education: ‘no tertiary education’ in France, Italy, Spain and England; ‘primary education’ in Portugal.
§Elementary occupations: ‘unskilled workers’ in France and in Spain; ‘people in a situation other than employee’ in Italy; ‘manual workers’ in Portugal; ‘no business leaders/company managers/intermediate occupations’ in England.