title: Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics in child (0-18 years) health studies: a review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Growing up in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods has been shown to have negative health effects on children. However, the most recent review on which measures are used to investigate the association between neighborhood characteristics and child (0-18 year) health included studies only until 2004. Insight into more recent research is needed for the further development of these measures.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics used in recent studies investigating the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and child health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sensitive search in MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts databases (2004-2013).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ultimately, 19 studies were included. We found ten neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation constructs, of which income/wealth, employment, and education were most frequently used. The choice for neighborhood characteristics seemed independent of the health outcome and in most cases was not based on a specific theoretical background or earlier work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Studies vary regarding study designs, measures and outcomes. Researchers should clearly specify their choice of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics; preferably, these should be theory-based and used consistently.
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, PO Box 2200, 1000 CE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: lvvuuren@ggd.amsterdam.nl.
authors: C Leontine
authors: CL
authors: van Vuuren
authors: Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Sijmen A
authors: SA
authors: Reijneveld
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, PO Box 2200, 1000 CE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Marcel F
authors: MF
authors: van der Wal
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, PO Box 2200, 1000 CE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Arnoud P
authors: AP
authors: Verhoeff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067697:Adolescent Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: All child; Health outcome; Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation; Residence characteristics