Assessing the level of the material deprivation of European Union countries

PLoS One. 2020 Sep 2;15(9):e0238376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238376. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of material deprivation in European Union countries in 2016 from both a local and a global perspective. The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) was used in the study. Based on research, five main types of the level of the material deprivation of European Union countries were identified. Research findings suggest that the population of old EU countries is less severely affected by material deprivation than people living in new member states. Also, the level of global material deprivation was assessed. The study was based on 2016 statistical data delivered by Eurostat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • European Union
  • Health Status*
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Poverty / statistics & numerical data*
  • Poverty / trends*
  • Quality of Life*
  • Residence Characteristics*
  • Social Environment*
  • Socioeconomic Factors*

Grants and funding

Source of funding – article fee: Poznań University of Life Sciences (Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu), proofreader fee: Institute Of Rural and Agriculture Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors received no specific funding for this work.