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.
Apparently “social deprivation” does not mean “lonely,” it just means poor. It actually includes “overcrowding” as a measure of deprivation, so opposite of lonely.
What a stange term to use. Cause social I definitely also thought social deprivation was refering to isolation.
Weird wording on their part.
Thank you.