Table 1.

Classification of and descriptive statistics on neighbourhood economic status

Neighbourhood economic status	Code	LH-ratio	Births (n)	%	N-hood economic status (recoded)	Code
Very high level of resources	1	< 0.25	6 105	1.8	Affluent	1
High level of resources	2	0.25–0.49	37 135	11.2
Medium to high level of resources	3	0.50–0.79	64 337	19.5	Medium level	2
Medium level of resources	4	0.80–1.24	73 969	22.4
Medium to low level of resources	5	1.25–1.99	59 678	18.1
Low level of resources	6	2.00–3.99	45 288	13.7
Very low level of resources	7	4.00–9.99	27 084	8.2	Poor	3
Poor	8	> 9.99	14 281	4.3
Total			327 901	99.3
Missing (< 500 inhabitants)			1693	0.5
Missing (no information on neighbourhood)			502	0.2
Total			330 096	100.0