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Indices of deprivation 2003
27/02/2003
A new report concerning the measurement of relative
deprivation in Scotland was published today.
It is part of a long-term strategy that the Executive is
implementing to improve the analytical basis for
identifying and measuring the incidence and intensity of
deprivation.
The report focuses on measures of deprivation at ward
and local authority level and identifies areas that are
multiply deprived, and also those that have incidences of
deprivation within a specific domain, for example income or
employment.
It should help the development of the long-term strategy
by providing a focus for discussion with key users. It will
assist in the identification of potential data gaps within
recognised domains, the identification of additional
domains and allow the influence of different geographies to
be assessed.
Some of the results from the report are:
- Glasgow and Dundee have over half of their wards
within the worst 10 per cent of wards across
Scotland
- West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, East Ayrshire,
Clackmannanshire and North Ayrshire have more than one
in 10 of their wards in the worst 10 per cent of
wards
- Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, East
Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire,
Midlothian, Moray, Perth and Kinross, Orkney, Shetland
and Western Isles have no wards in the worst 10 per
cent
The publication includes a report describing the
methodology and indicators, maps of the results, and the
ward and local authority data.
The research work was undertaken by the Social
Disadvantage Research Centre from the University of Oxford,
using the methodology developed for the 2000 and 2001
Indices of Deprivation for England, Wales and Northern
Ireland.
The overall index is not directly comparable with the
1998 Scottish Index of Deprivation as it uses a different
methodology, different indicators and a different
geography.