# Townsend deprivation index

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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