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Appendix 1: Deprivation Categories
The Carstairs and Morris Index of Deprivation is often used as a measure of quantifying relative socioeconomic deprivation or affluence in different localities across Scotland. Deprivation scores are derived by combining four census variables which best indicate material disadvantage (proportion of households with male unemployment, lack of car ownership, overcrowded housing and the head of household being in social class IV or V) for each postcode sector in Scotland. There are seven deprivation scores (DepCat) with DepCat 1 being the most affluent and DepCat 7 being the most deprived. It should be noted that the Carstairs score for each postcode sector does not refer to the deprivation or affluence of individuals but refers to the proportion of individuals who report particular attributes when the census is taken, and provides a summary measure of the population for each sector relative to the average for Scotland as a whole.
The sectors primarily chosen for the study were EH14, AB11, G21, FK1 and TD1 in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Forth Valley and the Borders respectively. These geographical areas were chosen to provide a combination of rural/urban and deprived/affluent areas across the study area, using the DepCat scores to determine the socio-economic status of these areas. As the population size varied greatly across all areas it was felt that postcode sectors which were situated immediately next to the chosen areas should be included so that each region should have a sample size of approximately 100,000 population. The list below shows the breakdown of postcode area, population and Carstairs scores for Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Forth Valley and the Borders from the 2001 Census respectively (McCloone 2004).
Grampian/Aberdeen Area |
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AB11 | Population: 18390 | DepCat scores: 5, 3, 1, 6, 5 |
AB24 | Population: 30376 | DepCat Scores: 6, 6, 4, 4, 4 |
AB25 | Population: 16900 | DepCat Scores: 5, 3, 4 |
AB10 | Population: 21158 | DepCat Scores: 4, 2, 4 |
AB12 | Population: 16021 | DepCat Scores: 2, 4 |
Total population for Aberdeen area: | 102845 |
Edinburgh Area |
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EH14 | Population: 38108 | DepCat Scores: 3, 6, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
EH11 | Population: 37016 | DepCat Scores: 3, 5, 5, 6 |
EH10 | Population: 32357 | DepCat Scores: 3, 2, 1, 1 |
Total population for Edinburgh area: | 107481 |
Glasgow Area |
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G21 | Population: 32323 | DepCat Scores: 7, 7, 7, 7 |
G33 | Population: 28220 | DepCat Scores: 5, 6, 7, 7 |
G31 | Population: 23644 | DepCat Scores: 7, 6, 7, 7, 7 |
G4 | Population: 11828 | DepCat Scores: 7, 6 |
Total population for Glasgow area: | 96015 |
Forth Valley/ Falkirk Area |
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FK1 | Population: 28300 | DepCat Scores: 4, 4, 4, 5, 2 |
FK2 | Population: 42317 | DepCat Scores: 2, 4, 3, 5 |
FK3 | Population: 17906 | DepCat Scores: 5, 5, 4 |
FK5 | Population: 16677 | DepCat Scores: 4, 2 |
Total population for Falkirk area: | 105200 |
Borders Area |
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TD1 | Population: 16220 | DepCat Scores: 4, 4, 3 |
TD2 | Population: 1898 | DepCat Score: 2 |
TD3 | Population: 1002 | DepCat Score: 2 |
TD4 | Population: 2076 | DepCat Score: 3 |
TD5 | Population: 10295 | DepCat Scores: 3, 2 |
TD6 | Population: 6855 | DepCat Scores: 3, 1 |
TD7 | Population: 7404 | DepCat Scores: 3, 3 |
TD8 | Population: 5998 | DepCat Score: 3 |
TD9 | Population: 18797 | DepCat Scores: 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Total population of Borders area: | 100766 |
Edinburgh Area |
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EH26 9 | Population: 140 | DepCat Score: 1 |
EH38 5 | Population: 354 | DepCat Score: 1 |
EH43 6 | Population: 787 | DepCat Score: 5 |
EH44 6 | Population: 2901 | DepCat Score: 4 |
EH45 8/9 | Population: 9565 | DepCat Scores: 3, 2 |
EH46 7 | Population: 2927 | DepCat Score: 1 |
ML12 | Population: 1074 | DepCat Score: 2 |
Reference
McCloone, P. (2004). Carstairs scores for Scottish postcode sectors from the 2001 Census. Public Health Research Unit, University of Glasgow. Glasgow 2004
http://www.msoc-mrc.gla.ac.uk/
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