Department of Environment Index

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The Department of Environment Index (DoE) is an index of urban poverty designed to assess relative levels of deprivation in local authorities in England. (Elliot, 1997)

The DoE has three dimensions of deprivation: social, economic and housing.

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  • Elliott P, Cuzick J, English D, Stern R. Geographical and Environmental Epidemiology. Methods for Small-Area Studies. Oxford University Press. New York, 1997