Ndepụta nke enweghị ego na Townsend

Ndekọ obodo Townsend bụ ihe atụ nke enweghị ihe onwunwe n'ime ọnụ ọgụgụ mmadụ. Ọka mmụta mmekọrịta ọha mmadụ bụ Peter Townsend kọwara ya na 1988. Townsend, P., Phillimore, P. and Beattie, A. (1988) Health and Deprivation: Inequality and the North. Routledge, London.

Ntụnye ahụ gụnyere mgbanwe anọ:

 Enweghị ọrụ (dị ka pasent nke ndị dị afọ 16 na karịa ndị na-arụ ọrụ akụ na ụba);
 Nweghị ụgbọ ala (dị ka pasent nke ezinụlọ niile);
 Nweghị ụlọ (dị ka pasentị nke ezinụlọ niile); na
 Njuju nke ezinụlọ.

Enwere ike tụọ mgbanwe ndị a maka ọnụ ọgụgụ nke mpaghara enyere wee jikọta (site na usoro ngụkọ metụtara mgbanwe ndekọ na ụkpụrụ) iji nye "Akara Townsend" maka mpaghara ahụ. National Centre for Research Methods. Geographical Referencing Learning Resources. http://www.restore.ac.uk/geo-refer/36229dtuks00y19810000.php Akara ndenye aha Townsend ka ukwuu na-egosi oke ụkọ. Enwere ike ịdekwa mpaghara dịka akara Townsend ha siri dị ka ụzọ isi gosipụta enweghị ndị ikwu.

Enwere ike ịgbakọ akara Townsend maka mpaghara ọ bụla ozi dị maka mgbanwe ndeksi anọ. Ọtụtụ mgbe, a na-eji data ngụkọ na-agbakọ ma gbakọọ akara n'ogo nke mpaghara mmepụta ọnụ ọgụgụ. Warwickshire County Council. Warwickshire COAs – Deprivation & Disadvantage Based on the Townsend Index. https://web.archive.org/web/20120526174116/http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/observatory/observatorywcc.nsf/0/449B59A1C7151A9E802572CF0038641E/%24file/Intro%20%26%20CTY.pdf Enwere ike jikọta akara maka mpaghara ndị a ma ọ bụ depụta ya na mpaghara mpaghara ndị ọzọ, dị ka koodu nzi ozi, iji mee ka akara ndị ahụ dabara na omume. Ndekọ obodo Townsend abụrụla ihe akwadoro enweghị ego n'etiti ndị ọrụ ahụike UK. Central and Local Information Partnership. Measuring deprivation. 

Ndị na-eme nchọpụta na Mahadum Bristol ama ama "Townsend Center for International Poverty Research" na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na "ụkpụrụ ịda ogbenye bara uru". University of Bristol. Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/definingandmeasuringpoverty.html

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 Ndekọ Scotland nke ọtụtụ ụkọ ego (SIMD)
 Oxford IMD-2000/2004 (ODPM)

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