The English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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Entry No 

EcoWise 14 

Strategic area(s) 

Data Management   

Name of partner 

EcoWise 

Resource / link 

The English Indices of Deprivation 2019  

https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/34259/1/IoD2019_Technical_Report.pdf 

Location, Description of intervention/project 

England UK 

Geographical scale of the project 

Lower Layer Super Output Areas (smaller than ward level) 

Background information  

The English Indices of Deprivation are an important tool for identifying the most deprived areas in England.  

Objectives defined 

Local policymakers and communities can also use this tool to ensure that their activities prioritize the areas with the greatest need for services. 

Metrics used 

(6+1 related metrics are marked as bold)  

• Income Deprivation  

• Adults and children in Income Support families 

• Adults and children in income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance families  

• Adults and children in income-based Employment and Support Allowance families  

• Adults and children in Pension Credit (Guarantee) families  

• Adults and children in Universal Credit families where no adult is classed within the 'Working - no requirements' conditionality group  

• Adults and children in Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit families not already counted, that is those who are not in receipt of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-based Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit (Guarantee), and whose equivalised income (excluding housing benefit) is below 60 per cent of the median before housing costs 

• Asylum seekers in England in receipt of subsistence support, accommodation support, or both. 

• Employment Deprivation  

• Claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance (both contribution-based and income-based), women aged 18 to 59 and men aged 18 to 64  

• Claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (both contribution-based and income-based), women aged 18 to 59 and men aged 18 to 64  

• Claimants of Incapacity Benefit, women aged 18 to 59 and men aged 18 to 64  

• Claimants of Severe Disablement Allowance, women aged 18 to 59 and men aged 18 to 64  

• Claimants of Carer’s Allowance, women aged 18 to 59 and men aged 18 to 64  

• Claimants of Universal Credit in the 'Searching for work' and 'No work requirements' conditionality groups. 

• Education, Skills and Training Deprivation  

• Health Deprivation and Disability  

• Years of potential life lost: An age and sex standardized measure of premature death  

• Comparative illness and disability ratio: An age and sex standardised morbidity/disability ratio  

• Acute morbidity: An age and sex standardised rate of emergency admission to hospital  

• Mood and anxiety disorders: A composite based on the rate of adults suffering from mood and anxiety disorders, derived from hospital episodes data, prescribing data and suicide mortality data. 

• Crime  

• Barriers to Housing and Services  

• Living Environment Deprivation 

Indoors sub-domain  

• Houses without central heating: The proportion of houses that do not have central heating.  

• Housing in poor condition: The proportion of social and private homes that fail to meet the Decent Homes standard. 

Outdoors sub-domain  

• Air quality: A measure of air quality based on emissions rates for four pollutants.  

• Road traffic accidents involving injury to pedestrians and cyclists. 

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Diversity dimension and findings 

The deprivation indicator by using economic and health data  

Result summary 

N/A 

 

Input for DivAirCity and action items 

  • The consideration in method to combine multiple indicators  
  • The indicator for economic, health, environmental deprivation