Deprivation Analysis in Declining Inner City Residential Areas: A Case Study From Izmir, Turkey.



Table 3: The Measurement Variables of Material Deprivation

Domains

Variables

Dietary

Average grocery expenditure in a week

Any credit on grocery expenditure

Consumption in supermarkets

Enough consumption of meat, fish and chicken_____________________

Clothing

Any assistance for clothing of children

Housing

Home ownership

Second home ownership

Home rent amount

Age of the building

Floor space of the buildings / Number of room

General physical condition of the housing

Problems of infrastructure

Any attempt to maintain the building________________________________

Home Facilities

Bathroom, kitchen, toilet within the building or not

The most serious problem of the home

Ownership and the condition of the white goods

Quality of the furniture________________________________________________

Environmental and Locational

Facilities

The most serious problem of the district

Environmental problems (noise and garbage)

Access to physical and urban services

o   Enough parks or green space

o   Enough children parks

o Enough lighting

o Car park problem- (car ownership)

Any desire to move other place___________________________________

In general, social deprivation includes the roles, relationships, and socio-economic status of the
individual. Therefore the variables should be determined to reflect these characteristics of the research
population. Townsend’s (1987) social deprivation includes the domains such as employment, health and
social insurance, integration, participation in social institutions, recreational facilities, and education. So, the
variables of this study are determined as in Table 4. Work domain indicating the problems of working
environment in general is examined together with employment domain.

Table 4: The Measurement Variables of Social Deprivation

Domains

Variables

Employment and Work

Unemployment

Employment status

Income

Satisfaction on employment

Access to place of employment

Place of employment_______________________________

Integration

Neighborhood relations

Any relatives in the neighborhood

Grouping in the neighborhood_________________________

Participation to social institution

Membership of any institution or political party

Vote in the last election___________________________________

Recreational

Places to visit within the city

Activity at weekend or evenings_________________________

Health and social insurance

Any health problem (serious or persistent)

Social-Health insurance

Access to health clinic

Enough utilization from health services__________________

Education

Education level of the population

Satisfaction from school conditions

Any problem in school

Any children not attending primary school_______________



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