Underprivileged area score items, weighted z score and number of inhabitants for the intervention and control areas (demographic data 1995, Rotterdam is the reference area)
| Subjects | Reference area | Weight | Intervention areas (n = 7) | Control areas (n = 8) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Range | Mean | Range | |||
| UPA, underprivileged. | ||||||
| *Primary school is the highest education level. | ||||||
| †Percentage of the working population. | ||||||
| ±Mobility score combines number of births, deaths, establishments, number of people leaving the area and change of address within the area. | ||||||
| §People born outside The Netherlands, the rich, western European and North-American countries not included. | ||||||
| Elderly living alone (%) | 8.3 | 6.62 | 5.2 | 3.4–8.5 | 5.8 | 3.4–13.1 |
| Children <5 years (%) | 6.3 | 4.64 | 7.5 | 5.9–9.0 | 7.2 | 4.7–9.3 |
| Unskilled socioeconomic groups (%)* | 20.9 | 3.74 | 23.4 | 19.0–32.8 | 27.2 | 17.8–36.1 |
| Unemployed (%) † | 17.3 | 3.34 | 24.1 | 20.5–27.4 | 23.9 | 15.9–28.9 |
| One-parent families (%) | 10.9 | 3.01 | 15.1 | 10.6–17.7 | 14.3 | 10.4–21.2 |
| Dwellings without bath (%) | 11.8 | 2.88 | 17.7 | 1.0–29.6 | 19.5 | 1.0–40.0 |
| Change of address ‡ | 38.1 | 2.68 | 62.4 | 39.7–95.5 | 68.8 | 59.1–92.5 |
| Ethnic groups (%) § | 40.1 | 2.5 | 53.6 | 38.7–66.8 | 59.1 | 33.8–75.9 |
| UPA score (weighted z score) | 2.8 | 9.8 | 3.7–16.7 | 12.2 | −2.2–20.9 | |
| Inhabitants (aged 20–64 years), n | 369824 | 9718 | 7967 | |||