Table 1 Classification of and descriptive statistics on neighbourhood economic status
From: Are there differences in birth weight between neighbourhoods in a Nordic welfare state?
Neighbourhood economic status | Code | LH-ratio | Births (n) | % | N-hood economic status (recoded) | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very high level of resources | 1 | < 0.25 | 6 105 | 1.8 | Affluent | 1 |
High level of resources | 2 | 0.25–0.49 | 37 135 | 11.2 | ||
Medium to high level of resources | 3 | 0.50–0.79 | 64 337 | 19.5 | Medium level | 2 |
Medium level of resources | 4 | 0.80–1.24 | 73 969 | 22.4 | ||
Medium to low level of resources | 5 | 1.25–1.99 | 59 678 | 18.1 | ||
Low level of resources | 6 | 2.00–3.99 | 45 288 | 13.7 | ||
Very low level of resources | 7 | 4.00–9.99 | 27 084 | 8.2 | Poor | 3 |
Poor | 8 | > 9.99 | 14 281 | 4.3 | ||
Total | 327 901 | 99.3 | ||||
Missing (< 500 inhabitants) | 1693 | 0.5 | ||||
Missing (no information on neighbourhood) | 502 | 0.2 | ||||
Total | 330 096 | 100.0 |