Rural–Urban Comparisons of Area-Based Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Vulnerability Indices

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Analyzes how area-based socioeconomic disadvantage indices vary in their index items and predictive accuracy, including the Neighborhood Atlas Area Deprivation Index (NA-ADI), Standardized Area Deprivation Index, Reproducible Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), and Neighborhood Disadvantage Index. Compares NA-ADI and SVI discordance and discusses implications for health disparities research.

Hannah Lang, Kimberly A. Rollings

Health Affairs Scholar, 4(7), qxag173

07/2026

Health disparities · Poverty · Research methods and resources · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health