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. 2013 Mar 28;12:21. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-21

Table 2.

Description of the first selection of 48 socioeconomic variables at the census block group scale

Unless stated otherwise, variables are proportions expressed in % Var. Id.
Family and household
People under the age of 25 in the total population
1
People over the age of 65 in the total population
2
People living outside the household (boarder students, soldier in garrison, people in jail, people in nursing home or in hospital, etc.) in the total population
3
SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES IN THE TOTAL POPULATION
4
Householders living alone in the total population
5
Immigration and mobility
FOREIGN PEOPLE IN THE TOTAL POPULATION
6
FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS (SINCE THE LAST CENSUS) IN THE TOTAL POPULATION
7
People who have moved from their municipality since the last census in the total population
8
Employment and income
People in the labor force in the total populationa
9
Men in the labor force in the total male population a
10
Women in the labor force in the total female population a
11
Unemployed people in the labor forceb
12
Unemployed foreigners in the labor force b
13
Unemployed people in the 15-24 years old labor force b
14
Over 50 years old unemployed people in the labor force b
15
Unemployed people in the male labor force b
16
Unemployed people in the female labor force b
17
People unemployed for more than 1 year in the labor force b
18
SELF-EMPLOYED (INDEPENDENT WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, ETC.) IN THE LABOR FORCE
19
PEOPLE WITH UNSTABLE JOBS IN THE LABOR FORCE (APPRENTICES, TRAINEES, TEMPORARY JOBS, ETC.)
20
PEOPLE WITH STEADY JOBS IN THE LABOR FORCE
21
Farmers in the labor force
22
Managers in the labor force
23
Blue-collar workers in the labor force
24
MEDIAN INCOME PER CONSUMPTION UNIT (IN EUROS PER YEAR)c
25
Education
People 6-15 years old attending school in the 6-15 years old population
26
PEOPLE WITH NO SCHOOL GRADUATION (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION
27
PEOPLE WITH BASIC OR INTERMEDIATE GENERAL OR VOCATION QUALIFICATIONS (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION
28
PEOPLE WITH GENERAL OR VOCATIONAL MATURITY CERTIFICATES (AND NOT STUDYING) IN THE 15 YEARS OLD AND MORE POPULATION
29
People with at least a lower tertiary education (and not studying) in the 15 years old and more population
30
People with a higher educational degree (and not studying) in the 15 years old and more population
31
Students in the 15 years old and more population
32
Housing
Individual houses in the main residences
33
Multiple dwelling units in the main residences
34
NON-OWNER-OCCUPIED IN THE MAIN RESIDENCES
35
Subsidized housing in the main residences
36
Main residences built before 1968
37
Main residences built after 1990
38
Main residences less than 40 m2
39
Main residences larger than 150 m2
40
Main residences without bathtub or shower
41
Main residences without toilet
42
Main residences without heating
43
Main residences with a parking space (garage or other)
44
MAIN RESIDENCES WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON PER ROOM
45
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER ROOMc
46
HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A CAR
47
  HOUSEHOLDS WITH 2 OR MORE CARS 48

aRedundant group “labor force”.

bRedundant group “unemployment”.

cNot a proportion.

UPPERCASE : variables selected commonly for each metropolitan areas and global analysis.

Italic: variables selected during the “reduction of redundant groups” step for the global analysis.