Socio‐economic Status of Albertan Youth: Child and Youth Data Laboratory (CYDL) Report for Experiences of Albertan Youth Project

This report is an overview ofthe socio‐economic status of 680,043 Albertan youth in 2008/09. Pampalon et al.’s neighbourhood deprivation index was used to determine the social and material environments in which youth lived. Six indicators were included in the index: percent without a high school diploma,the employment ratio, average income, percent of single parent families, percent of persons living alone, and percent of personsseparated, divorced,or widowed.