The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Louisa Nolan Welsh Government

most deprived least deprived The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation What is it? How is deprivation measured? What can you use it for?

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

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation measured? deprivation is more than just poverty

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

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How is deprivation measured? domainsindicatorsindex 1. select indicators assess available data consult create and test

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

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

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

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

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

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?

urban town rural income domain rank WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits households

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? urban town rural income domain rank Rhyl West 2 Denbighshire Betws Carmarthenshire Heath 1 Cardiff WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits households

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? WIMD quintile % working- age population claiming JSA increasing deprivation quintile / / /6 2007/8 Wales 2005/6 Wales 2007/8 WIMD ranks

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? Merthyr Tydfil Gurnos Communities First Partnership increasing deprivation WIMD domains

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

England, Scotland, Northern Ireland –geographies –data –timescales –policy drivers search comparing countries’ IMDs The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Other IMDs

The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Timetable March WIMD 2008: indicator analysis 31 August WIMD 2011 late summer WIMD 2011: indicator analysis 2011 / WIMD review WIMD 2013?

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