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. 2012 Apr 27;66(11):982–989. doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200311

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Definition of an individual deprivation indicator by seeking the optimal degree of fit between deprivation and the minimal number of fundamental needs lacking through financial incapacity, according to which an individual is defined as ‘deprived’, French EU–SILC survey 2006 (N=9930).* *Data weighted on non-response and adjusted on the sample design of the French EU–SILC survey 2006. Horizontal axis caption: (six different logistic models for three dependent variables. In all, 18 different models): 1+: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise at least one fundamental need among the six selected fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity’; 2+: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise at least two fundamental needs among the six selected fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity or financial incapacity to possess/realise one fundamental need’; 3+: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise at least three fundamental needs among the six selected fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity or financial incapacity to possess/realise a maximum of two fundamental needs’; 4+: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise at least four fundamental needs among the six selected fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity or financial incapacity to possess/realise a maximum of three fundamental needs’; 5+: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise at least five fundamental needs among the six selected fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity or financial incapacity to possess/realise a maximum of four fundamental needs’; 6: objectively or subjectively ‘poor’=‘financial incapacity to possess/realise all six fundamental needs’ versus ‘no financial incapacity or financial incapacity to possess/realise a maximum of five fundamental needs’. EU–SILC, European Union–Statistics on Income and Living Conditions.