ScotPHO reports and papers: document details

Measuring socio-economic inequalities in health: a practical guide
 

This is the first in a series of technical briefings to be produced by the Scottish Public Health Observatory. In Scotland - as in many other countries - there is currently considerable emphasis being placed on reducing socio-economic inequalities in health. But success in achieving such a reduction can only be gauged if the inequalities can be measured. This briefing paper therefore looks at several different methods available to measure inequalities and provides a commentary on each. It also comes with an Excel worksheet that will enable public health practitioners and analysts to interpret their own data.
 

ScotPHO
 

Report: Measuring socio-economic inequalities in health (934Kb)

Supporting Excel workbook: Measuring inequalities - practical example (73Kb)
(Note: When opening this workbook, please select 'No' if prompted to update the workbook with changes made to other linked workbooks.)

Related additional resource: A free book recently published by the World Bank, Analyzing health equity using household survey data: A guide to techniques and their implementation, is another good resource on this topic.