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> Deprivation was also found to be a major risk factor What does this mean? Sleep deprivation?
by _bxg1 6y ago
> Deprivation was also found to be a major risk factor
What does this mean? Sleep deprivation?
- JPKab 6y agoBritish term for poverty.
- baron816 6y agoGoddamn British people. Why can’t they just speak English.
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- krallja 6y agoIt’s BrE for poverty / inequality
- tialaramex 6y agoIndices of Multiple Deprivation use a bunch of factors to measure how much it sucks to live somewhere. Other people are saying "poverty" but that's only part of the problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_deprivation_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_deprivation_index For example suppose you are very poor but you live where I grew up in Metroland. Lack of money sucks pretty badly, but in Metroland other deprivation factors are mostly low. There are jobs in Metroland. The schools are pretty good. There's a hospital, and a nearby doctor with a friendly manner (remember Britain has universal healthcare, but universal does not mean universally excellent). You can't afford private rent here, but local government can find you somewhere to live, and not in six months but maybe six days. The local crime isn't too bad. Vandals, maybe the odd burglary you suspect a neighbour is on the game (prostitution), but you don't fear for your life. The surrounding space is nice, there's a play park, rolling hills, fresh air if you like that sort of thing. So in Metroland even the poor aren't very deprived. In contrast, in some deprived Northern cities in particular, even the middle class suffer pretty badly, and will strive to get out.
- _bxg1 6y agoI always forget that "poor" over there doesn't also mean "unable to get healthcare" and "living in a tent under the highway".
- billfruit 6y agoDeprivation means social/economic disability like poverty.