Measuring Multiple Deprivation at the Small-Area Level

M Noble, G Wright, G Smith, Christopher John Lloyd Dibben

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    Abstract

    Indices to measure deprivation at a small-area level have been used in the United Kingdom to target regeneration policy for over thirty years. The development of the Indices of Deprivation 2000 for England and comparable indices for Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, involved a fundamental reappraisal and reconceptualisation of small-area level multiple deprivation and its measurement. Multiple deprivation is articulated as an accumulation of discrete dimensions or 'domains' of deprivation. This paper presents the key principles that were taken into consideration when constructing these four indices and the more recent English Indices of Deprivation 2004, and provides an account of the statistical techniques that were used to operationalise them.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)169-185
    Number of pages17
    JournalEnvironment and Planning A
    Volume38
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2006

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