Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation SIMD 2004

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Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics and the
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004

• TRACEY STEAD
• OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATISTICIAN
• SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

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Summary

• Background
• Data delivered through SNS
• Examples from the website
• Using SNS in policy SIMD 2004

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Before SNS

• Different geographies
• 1991, 1996, 1999 Wards Postcode Sectors
• Different dissemination
• Just not there
• Geographic referencing
• Confidentiality issues and perceptions
• overlapping geographies

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What is SNS?

• Programme to improve small area statistics
• 2001 Onwards
• Data supports a number of the SEs commitments
• Those with small area emphasis Closing the
  Opportunity Gap Area deprivation SIMD
• Access to Central Government information will
  improve policy development at a local level

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Data delivered through SNS

• New stable small area statistical geography data
  zone
• 6505 data zones approx 750 people
• Also new intermediate geography
• 1235 intermediate zones approx 4,000 people
• Being used across the Public Sector
• Input from statisticians across the SE and UK
• Making the most of administrative data

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Data delivered through SNS

• Deprivation
• Population
• Housing
• Education
• Health

• Community care
• Labour market
• Benefits
• Access
• Physical Environment

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How are SNS disseminated?

• Freely disseminated over the Internet
• www.sns.gov.uk
• SNS Statistics and Geography available on CD
• neighbourhood.statistics_at_scotland.gov.uk

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Average tariff score
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Percentage of the population on key income
benefits and credits
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Using SNS in Policy

• Planning and profiling
• Compare delivery between areas
• Analysing and Monitoring
• Examine the impact of policies
• Targeting and allocating resources
• Identify concentrations of deprivation at small
  area level SIMD

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Example of using SNSSIMD 2004

• Well respected methodology developed by Oxford
  University
• 6 domains, 31 indicators
• Current Income, Employment, Health, Education,
  Access, Housing
• Ranking of data zones by overall multiple measure
• Identifies pockets of deprivation

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Uses of SIMD 2004

• SEs official measure of area based multiple
  deprivation
• Support funding allocations

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Local Authority share of most deprived 15 of
data zones across Scotland
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Edinburgh City
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Glasgow City
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Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004
Decile
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For further information

• neighbourhood.statistics_at_scotland.gov.uk
• www.sns.gov.uk