The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Louisa Nolan Welsh
Government
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most deprived least deprived The Welsh Index of Multiple
Deprivation What is it? How is deprivation measured? What can you
use it for?
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation What is it? to focus
policy, funding, programmes on the most disadvantaged communities
the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in
Wales deprivation ranks lower-layer super output areas
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? deprivation is more than just poverty
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation geographical access
to services community safety educationemployment physical
environment healthhousingincome
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? domainsindicatorsindex 1. select indicators assess
available data consult create and test
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? domainsindicatorsindex 2. add indicators to create
domains set to same scale normal distribution find weights factor
analysis 1 factor weighted sum domain score find domain ranks
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? domainsindicatorsindex 3. add domains to create index
weight towards most-deprived end - exponential transform weighted
sum using domain weights index score rank index
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation
measured? domainsindicatorsindex 4. outputs Welsh Index of Multiple
Deprivation (WIMD) ranks WIMD: Child Index ranks domain ranks
indicators
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most deprived least deprived The Welsh Index of Multiple
Deprivation most-deprived area in Wales rank = 1 Rhyl West 2,
Denbighshire least-deprived area in Wales rank = 1896 Heath 1,
Cardiff
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most deprived least deprived The Welsh Index of Multiple
Deprivation most-deprived area in Wales rank = 1 Rhyl West 2,
Denbighshire least-deprived area in Wales rank = 1896 Heath 1,
Cardiff
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National Government Communities First 299 million Flying Start
millions Local Government housing renewal initiatives adult
services commissioning 15 million other government bodies
neighbourhood police resourcing voluntary organisations Catch-22
funding applications academic research The Welsh Index of Multiple
Deprivation How can you use it?
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urban town rural 1 190 380 570 950 1896 income domain rank 60
50 40 30 20 10 0 WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits
households
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it?
urban town rural 1 190 380 570 950 1896 income domain rank Rhyl
West 2 Denbighshire Betws Carmarthenshire Heath 1 Cardiff 60 50 40
30 20 10 0 WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits
households
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? 0 1
2 3 4 5 6 12345 WIMD quintile % working- age population claiming
JSA increasing deprivation quintile 2005-6 2007-8 1 / 5 5.2 4.7 1 /
3 2.3 2.2 2005/6 2007/8 Wales 2005/6 Wales 2007/8 WIMD ranks
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it?
Merthyr Tydfil Gurnos Communities First Partnership increasing
deprivation WIMD domains
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it?
WIMD indicators Valleys town urban rural Wales theft rate % / year
Valleys town urban rural Wales youth offending rate % / year
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England, Scotland, Northern Ireland geographies data timescales
policy drivers search comparing countries IMDs The Welsh Index of
Multiple Deprivation Other IMDs
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Timetable March 2011 -
WIMD 2008: indicator analysis 31 August 2011 - WIMD 2011 late
summer 2011 - WIMD 2011: indicator analysis 2011 / 2012 - WIMD
review 2013 - WIMD 2013?
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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation search Welsh Index of
Multiple Deprivation or StatsWales / social inclusion or Twitter
www.twitter.com/statisticswales www.twitter.com/ystadegaucymru or
contact Louisa Nolan [email protected] Where to find
it