Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

townsend deprivation index

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: townsend de-pri-va-tion in-dex
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.

Etymology

First described by sociologist Peter Townsend in 1988.

Questions

What does townsend deprivation index mean?: A measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.
Where does townsend deprivation index come from?: First described by sociologist Peter Townsend in 1988.

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