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Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004
25/10/2004
The Scottish Executive released today a technical report
to accompany the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
(SIMD) 2004.
This Index was released on June 14 via a summary
technical report, an interactive website and the
publication of the underlying data.
It ranks small areas across the whole of Scotland by
their levels of relative deprivation.
The technical report aims to support these earlier
publications by providing the reader with more detailed
information on the construction of the underlying
indicators and the technical methodology used to develop
the SIMD 2004.
The earlier publications relating to the SIMD 2004 are
as follows:
A report providing summary details on the approach taken
by the Executive to construct the SIMD 2004 can be found at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Report
and the full details on the rankings and underlying data
behind the SIMD 2004 at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Data.
An interactive web-site that shows where deprivation
occurs across each of the 32 Local Authorities in Scotland
can be found at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Mapping.
The SIMD 2004 is based on the methodology developed by
the Social Disadvantage Research Centre (SDRC) in the
Department of Social Policy and Social Work at University
of Oxford.