imd2017qni_dv

IMD (NI) quintile (1 is most deprived 20%)

These variables contain the quintiles of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ranking for each household’s 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) (or equivalent for Scotland and Northern Ireland). These have been derived from the latest official data released by each country’s statistical body. IMD is a measurement of deprivation in small areas with deprivation measured across seven domains: income, employment, education, health, crime, access to services and housing environment. The final deprivation score is a weighted sum of the domain specific deprivation scores. Using the final score, these small areas are ranked within each home country. These rankings were converted into quintiles. As IMDs were computed at different time points we have provided the ones based on the latest computations that were available for LSOA 2011 (England: 2015 & 2019; Scotland: 2016 & 2020; Wales: 2014 & 2019; Northern Ireland: 2017). All seven IMD variables follow this naming convention: w_imdYYYYqC_dv where w is the wave prefix, YYYY is the year the IMD was computed and C is the country.

Researchers requiring access to the full or individual indices can do so by applying for the Special Licence dataset SN 7248 (LSOA2011) or SN 6670 (LSOA2001) respectively. This can then be linked to the required IMD dataset that is available as open-access data published by each country. For an example, see IoD2015 for more information.

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Derived variable note:

These variables contain the quintiles of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ranking for each household's 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) (or equivalent for Scotland and Northern Ireland). These have been derived from the latest official data released by each country's statistical body. IMD is a measurement of deprivation in small areas with deprivation measured across seven domains: income, employment, education, health, crime, access to services and housing environment. The final deprivation score is a weighted sum of the domain specific deprivation scores. Using the final score, these small areas are ranked within each home country. These rankings were converted into quintiles. As IMDs were computed at different time points we have provided the ones based on the latest computations that were available for LSOA 2011 (England: 2015 & 2019; Scotland: 2016 & 2020; Wales: 2014 & 2019; Northern Ireland: 2017). All seven IMD variables follow this naming convention: w_imdYYYYqC_dv where w is the wave prefix, YYYY is the year the IMD was computed and C is the country.

Researchers requiring access to the full or individual indices can do so by applying for the Special Licence dataset SN 7248 (LSOA2011) or SN 6670 (LSOA2001) respectively. This can then be linked to the required IMD dataset that is available as open-access data published by each country. For an example, see IoD2015 for more information.