| Description | Report by the Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice into a long-term strategy for measuring deprivation in Scotland |
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| ISBN | N/A (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | September 10, 2003 |
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Measuring Deprivation in Scotland: Developing a Long-Term Strategy
Final Report
Nick Bailey, John Flint, Robina Goodlad,
Mark Shucksmith, Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Gwilym Pryce
Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice,
Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen
Scottish Executive Central Statistics Unit
2003
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CONTENTS
Executive summary
1. Introduction
1.1 Aims and research process
1.2 Uses of deprivation measures
1.3 Structure of the report
2. Definitions and conceptual framework
2.1 Defining deprivation
2.2 Deprivation and poverty
2.3 Deprivation and social exclusion
2.4 Deprivation and social justice
2.5 Deprivation and social cohesion
2.6 Conclusions
3. Individual and area approaches
3.1 Individual measures
3.2 Area-based measures
3.3 Conceptual bases for individual and area approaches
3.4 Comparing results from the two measures
3.5 Conclusions
4. Scottish context
4.1 Geographical context
4.2 Cultural context
4.3 Conclusions
5. Developing area-based measures
5.1 Domains and indicators
5.2 Units for analysis
5.3 Domains versus social groups
5.4 Change over time
5.5 Updating the area-based measure
5.6 Other issues
6. Developing individual measures
6.1 Measuring individual deprivation
6.2 Measures for different social groups
6.3 Updating the individual measure
7. Relationships with other measures
7.1 Individual measures
7.2 Area-based measures
Table 7.1: Community Regeneration Statement monitoring indicators
8. Conclusions
References
Appendix 1: Record of consultations
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
Table 3.1: Domains for individual and area approaches
Table 3.2: Summary of proposed domains
Table 7.1: Community Regeneration Statement monitoring indicators
ABBRE VIATIONS
FRS - Family Resources Survey.
PSE1999 - the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey 1999, conducted by a team led by Bristol University.
SHS - the Scottish Household Survey, a continuous survey commissioned by the Scottish Executive.
SIMD2003 - the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, compiled by at team at Oxford University (Noble et al, 2003).
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