Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS) and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)

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Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS)and
theScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
NHS Grampian 16th April 2008

• Cheryl Heeley
• ScotPHO

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• SNS
• Background
• Latest Developments
• Questions
• SIMD
• Methodology
• Results
• Questions

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• BACKGROUND
• LATEST PHASE ENHANCEMENTS
• Standard Reports
• Advanced Reporter
• Downloads
• Other Enhancements
• QUESTIONS

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WHAT IS THE PROJECT ?

• Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics is The Scottish
  Governments (SGs) on-going programme to improve
  the availability, consistency and accessibility
  of small area statistics in Scotland.
• The information is supporting a number of the SGs
  targets and commitments aimed at closing the gap
  between disadvantaged areas and the rest of
  Scotland.

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Background

• AROUND 2,800 INDICATORS
• 800,000 VIEWS SINCE FEB 07 LAUNCH
• 5,000 users per month
• SYSTEM CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING
• LINKS WITH OTHER SITES
• NEW GEOGRAPHIES - CHP MMW
• CONCENTRATING ON TOPIC AREAS WHERE LOW LEVEL DATA
  NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE (e.g. CRIME, HOUSING)
• CONTINUING TO PROMOTE USAGE

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Data zones and Population

• Statistical Geography
• 6,505 data zones in Scotland
• Geographical unit built up from census output
  areas
• Created in 2003 by St Andrews University
• Approx. populations of 500-1000

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Data zones rural and urban
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QUICK PROFILER
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QUICK PROFILER
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QUICK PROFILER
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QUICK PROFILER
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STANDARD REPORTER
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STANDARD REPORTER Compare 2 Areas
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STANDARD REPORTER Compare 2 Areas
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STANDARD REPORTER Variation across an Area
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STANDARD REPORTER Variation across an Area
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STANDARD REPORTER Variation across an Area
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STANDARD REPORTER Change over Time
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STANDARD REPORTER Change over Time
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STANDARD REPORTER Change over Time
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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ADVANCED REPORTER
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• DATA AND GEOGRAPHY
• DOWNLOADS

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OTHER FUNCTIONALITY Search Facility
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OTHER FUNCTIONALITY Data Guide
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OTHER FUNCTIONALITY User Guide
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OTHER FUNCTIONALITY ScotStat
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ANY QUESTIONS? Neighbourhood.Statistics_at_scotland.
gsi.gov.uk Cheryl.Heeley_at_isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
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• SNS
• Background
• Latest Developments
• Questions
• SIMD
• Methodology
• Results
• Questions

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Summary

• Background and methodology
• Appropriate use of the SIMD
• Summary results of the SIMD 2006
• Outputs and results for Grampian
• SIMD vs Carstairs

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What is the SIMD?

• The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
  identifies small area concentrations of multiple
  deprivation across all of Scotland
• The Index allows effective targeting of policies
  and funding where the aim is to wholly or partly
  tackle or take account of area concentrations of
  multiple deprivation
• The first index (SIMD 2004) was published in June
  2004, dividing the whole of Scotland into 6,505
  areas and ranking each area in terms of multiple
  deprivation

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Background

• Robust methodology used across UK
• Administrative data sources
• Stable data zone geography
• Combines individual indicators on income,
  employment, health, education, access, housing
  and crime into domains and overall index rank
• Rank 1 most deprived, 6,505 least deprived
• The most deprived 976 areas are the 15 most
  deprived in Scotland and these tend to be the
  focus of policies and funding

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SIMD update 2006

• Update to SIMD 2004
• Improvements to methodology and data sources
• 7 subject areas / domains 37 indicators
• New crime domain using 2004 crime data
• New public transport data
• Shows relative changes between SIMD 2004 and 2006

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The index does

• .pick out area concentrations of multiple
  deprivation
• .provide a scale of deprivation

The index does not

• .describe how much more deprived one area is
  than another
• .make absolute comparisons over time, BUT
  individual indicators and the employment domain
  can be used
• .measure affluence least deprived areas are
  not necessarily rich areas
• .pick out deprived individuals - Not all
  deprived people live in the most deprived areas,
  and not all those living in deprived areas are
  deprived
• .answer all deprivation questions

See SIMD 2006 Guidance Leaflet for advice on
appropriate use of the index
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SIMD 2006 Results National Share

• Local authority areas with the largest national
  share of the 15 most deprived in SIMD 2006 are
• Glasgow City (34 per cent)
• North Lanarkshire (9 per cent)
• Edinburgh, City of (6 per cent)
• South Lanarkshire (6 per cent)
• Dundee City (5 per cent)
• Fife (5 per cent)
• Eilean Siar, Moray, Orkney Islands and Shetland
  Islands do not have any data zones in the SIMD
  2006 15 most deprived

The national share is the proportion data zones
in the 15 most deprived for each Local Authority
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SIMD 2006 Results Local Share

• Local authority areas with the largest local
  share of the 15 most deprived in SIMD 2006 are
• Glasgow City (48 per cent)
• Inverclyde (38 per cent)
• Dundee City (30 per cent)
• West Dunbartonshire (28 per cent)
• Clackmannanshire (23 per cent)
• North Lanarkshire (20 per cent)
• Eilean Siar, Moray, Orkney Islands and Shetland
  Islands do not have any data zones in the SIMD
  2006 15 most deprived

The local share is the proportion of data zones
in a local authority area that are in the 15
most deprived
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What is available

• Hardcopy and online general report with initial
  analysis
• Online technical report
• Hardcopy and online guidance leaflet
• An online interactive mapping website
• An online Statistical Compendium of tables,
  charts and maps
• Online background data for SIMD 2006

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Area-based measures

• Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
• 2004, 2006
• Datazone geography
• Carstairs
• 1981, 1991, 2001 (census-based)
• postcode sector geography, also output area and
  datazone for 2001 only

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Carstairs

• Derived from four census indicators
• low social class,
• lack of car ownership,
• Overcrowding
• male unemployment.
• Calculated at postcode sector level (e.g. G84 9)
• Available on the web site of Glasgow University's
  MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit or on
  the ISD website (www.isdscotland.org/deprivation)
• Decile 1 (Least deprived) to Decile 10 (most
  deprived)

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Which Deprivation Measure?

• For current estimates and trend analyses from
  1997 onwards use SIMD06 (datazone)
• Care needed when comparing SIMD04 and SIMD06
• For long term trends from necessity - use
  Carstairs
• results very similar to SIMD and allow longer
  time trend
• To get a more accurate shapshot of the magnitude
  of inequalities use Carstairs at output area
  level (2001 population estimate)
• Further information on this issue is available on
  the ISD deprivation website (www.isdscotland.org/d
  eprivation)

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ANY QUESTIONS? Contact Neighbourhood
Statistics (SNS SIMD) Tel [phone]
0442 neighbourhoodstatistics_at_scotland.gov.uk Ma
tt Perkins Tel [phone] matt.perkins_at_scotl
and.gsi.gov.uk James Boyce Tel 0131
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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