Table 6

Relationships between ecological deprivation indices scores, French EDI and Townsend scores, and individual deprivation criteria, personal income and educational level (N=1248)

N (row %)Personal incomeDiploma
<€800 (%)≥€800 (%)TotalWithout (%)With (%)Total
Quintile 1*
 EDI52 (23.7)167 (76.3%)21935 (13.5%)224 (86.5%)259
 Townsend43 (25.4)126 (74.6%)16926 (13.8%)163 (86.2%)189
Quintile 2
 EDI62 (31.8)133 (68.2%)19538 (16.4%)194 (83.6%)232
 Townsend35 (27.8)91 (72.2%)12632 (20.5%)124 (79.5%)156
Quintile 3
 EDI66 (37.3)111 (62.7%)17732 (14.9%)183 (85.1%)215
 Townsend56 (37.3)94 (62.7%)16032 (17.6%)150 (82.4%)182
Quintile 4
 EDI76 (33.8)149 (66.2%)22549 (17.0%)240 (83.0%)289
 Townsend79 (35.6)143 (64.4%)22241 (14.2%)248 (85.8%)289
Quintile 5
 EDI64 (35.4)117 (64.6%)18151 (22.9%)172 (77.1%)223
 Townsend107 (32.4)223 (67.6%)33074 (18.4%)328 (81.6%)402
Total320 (32.1)677 (68.9%)997p-trend205 (16.8%)1013 (83.2%)1218§p-trend
EDI0.00590.0070
Townsend0.04090.2818
  • * The least deprived.

  • The most deprived.

  • For personal income, 251 data were not actionable (207 refusals to answer, 24 unknown, 20 missing data).

  • § For educational level, 30 missing data.

  • Cochran–Armitage test for trend of ordered variables.

  • EDI, European Deprivation Index.