Assessment of the ecological bias of seven aggregate social deprivation indices

• Main Authors: Josephine Bryere (Author), Carole Pornet (Author), Nane Copin (Author), Ludivine Launay (Author), Gaëlle Gusto (Author), Pascale Grosclaude (Author), Cyrille Delpierre (Author), Thierry Lang (Author), Olivier Lantieri (Author), Olivier Dejardin (Author), Guy Launoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In aggregate studies, ecological indices are used to study the influence of socioeconomic status on health. Their main limitation is ecological bias. This study assesses the misclassification of individual socioeconomic status in seven ecological indices. Methods Individual socio...