: Data-Field 26427

Data-Field 26427

Description:	Index of Multiple Deprivation (Scotland)
Category:	Population characteristics ⏵ Baseline characteristics ⏵ Indices of Multiple Deprivation
	Socio-demographics

Participants

35,838

Continuous

Both sexes

May 2018

35,838

Data

Singular

Jul 2018

Complete

Derived

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Data

35,838 items of data are available, covering 35,838 participants.

Maximum	90.0489
Decile 9	36.2082
Decile 8	23.5765
Decile 7	16.4156
Decile 6	11.832
Median	8.70736
Decile 4	6.41767
Decile 3	5.01677
Decile 2	3.80643
Decile 1	2.69725
Minimum	0.676827

Mean = 14.7298
Std.dev = 15.2231
376 items above graph maximum of 69.7191

Notes

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2009 identifies small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across Scotland in a consistent manner. The SIMD combines data from seven distinct domains or topic areas all of which are considered to be important contributors to deprivation levels. These domains have remained the same as in the previous version of the index, published in 2006, and the data used in compiling each one is the most appropriate and up to date that was available at the time of constructing the index.

The SIMD is a relative measure of deprivation that uses 6,505 data zones across Scotland as its unit of comparison. The rank applied to each of these data zones identifies each as being more or less deprived than all the others in the country. The rankings run from 1 being the most deprived to 6505 being the least deprived. Therefore the smaller the ranking the more deprived the data zone. As the SIMD is a relative measure it cannot show how much more deprived one data zone is than another, e.g. that a data zone ranked 5 is twice as deprived as a data zone ranked 10. In the same way the distance between each ranking can vary - so the gap between the data zones ranked 16 and 17 could be very small while the gap between those ranked 17 and 18 could be much bigger.

The SIMD can be used to identify the small areas with the highest concentrations of multiple deprivation in Scotland using either the overall index or the individual domains. The most commonly used cut off levels are 10%, 15% or 20% - although different cut offs may be required depending on individual policy or organisational focus.

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