it might be useful to note here that the Government uses the indices of multiple deprivation to analyse patterns of deprivation, identify areas that would benefit from special initiatives or programmes and as a tool to determine eligibility for specific funding streams.
Does anybody know how accurate the 'indices of multiple deprivation' is? and how effective it is calculating the deprivation in smaller areas or rural areas?
Trevor - I'm a research officer at NCVO and have had some experience with the indices of multiple deprivation, so may be able to help with your question.
The indices of deprivation are made by combining statistics across seven areas ("domains") including income, crime, employment. These domains are weighted to produce a combined score.
The statistics used are sourced from ONS and are national statistics - so based on large scale surveys of the population and administrative data. This makes it possible for the data to remain accurate even at quite small scales - ONS includes data to the level of "Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA)" which have populations of around 1,500. It's worth remembering that the data is generally from 2005 - the latest available.
The most obvious in-equality between areas is when the wages are so high and the living costs are so low and vice versa. Savings can be made by people and they can then retire to the more expensive living cost wise places, whereas the people in areas where living costs are high and wages are low cannot...
It would be great if this stub could be completed - I've pointed it out to the members of The Learning Exchange, which I manage and moderate. However, I've also pointed this link out to our members -
[http://www.cpag.org.uk/info/Povertyarticles/Poverty128/place.htm]
and perhaps you want to do so for your members here?
However, I'm sure you have a lot more to say about this issue. I look forward to reading it! all the best.
The only details remaining that we intended to add to this driver were under the Further Reading section. This is where we signpost to other resources and articles that continue the debate, as it were.
You'll see that I've added one about indices of deprivation, but we're always keen to use the wisdom of crowds for these! So links such as the one you point out there Paddy from Child Poverty Action Group are great.
To maximise the value for our website users, of for example information such as the CPAG report, I'd be thinking 'So what does this mean for charities?'
The concluding comments or recommendations that reports often end with are usually useful for this!
Hi Kathryn - thanks for answering this - and apologies for not replying for soooo long. I am looking for the Further Reading section - haven't found it yet; if I don't, I'll be back. I'll get round to putting a pic up soon... gulp. all the best!
Dhara
Written as Policy Officer at NCVO
it might be useful to note here that the Government uses the indices of multiple deprivation to analyse patterns of deprivation, identify areas that would benefit from special initiatives or programmes and as a tool to determine eligibility for specific funding streams.
Trevor
Does anybody know how accurate the 'indices of multiple deprivation' is? and how effective it is calculating the deprivation in smaller areas or rural areas?
David
NCVO Research TeamTrevor - I'm a research officer at NCVO and have had some experience with the indices of multiple deprivation, so may be able to help with your question.
The indices of deprivation are made by combining statistics across seven areas ("domains") including income, crime, employment. These domains are weighted to produce a combined score.
The statistics used are sourced from ONS and are national statistics - so based on large scale surveys of the population and administrative data. This makes it possible for the data to remain accurate even at quite small scales - ONS includes data to the level of "Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA)" which have populations of around 1,500. It's worth remembering that the data is generally from 2005 - the latest available.
ONS has some guidance on how they might be used.
You could think about combining these indices with the the rural statistics produced by DEFRA.
Hope this is some help.
Joh
The most obvious in-equality between areas is when the wages are so high and the living costs are so low and vice versa. Savings can be made by people and they can then retire to the more expensive living cost wise places, whereas the people in areas where living costs are high and wages are low cannot...
Paddy
Hi,
It would be great if this stub could be completed - I've pointed it out to the members of The Learning Exchange, which I manage and moderate. However, I've also pointed this link out to our members - [http://www.cpag.org.uk/info/Povertyarticles/Poverty128/place.htm]
and perhaps you want to do so for your members here?
However, I'm sure you have a lot more to say about this issue. I look forward to reading it! all the best.
Kathryn
Third Sector ForesightHi Paddy!
The only details remaining that we intended to add to this driver were under the Further Reading section. This is where we signpost to other resources and articles that continue the debate, as it were.
You'll see that I've added one about indices of deprivation, but we're always keen to use the wisdom of crowds for these! So links such as the one you point out there Paddy from Child Poverty Action Group are great.
To maximise the value for our website users, of for example information such as the CPAG report, I'd be thinking 'So what does this mean for charities?' The concluding comments or recommendations that reports often end with are usually useful for this!
Paddy
Hi Kathryn - thanks for answering this - and apologies for not replying for soooo long. I am looking for the Further Reading section - haven't found it yet; if I don't, I'll be back. I'll get round to putting a pic up soon... gulp. all the best!