• RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Does social deprivation and poverty correlate? In my experience they have an inverse correlation: those in poverty being more likely to engage with others.

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      3 days ago

      Apparently “social deprivation” does not mean “lonely,” it just means poor. It actually includes “overcrowding” as a measure of deprivation, so opposite of lonely.

      To measure the deprivation of an area they primarily used the well-established Townsend Deprivation Index. The Townsend Deprivation Index measures deprivation using practical indicators like unemployment, overcrowding, and home or car ownership to measure material deprivation of different areas.