1. The changing residential patterns of the UK, 1991-2001
Dr Dan Vickers
School of Geography
University of Leeds

2. Background
PhD Research created the National Area classification of Output Areas
Classifies the smallest areal units from the 2001 Census in to groups of socio-economic similarity
Based on the attributes of 41 census variables Or

3. 1: Blue Collar Communities
2: City Living
3: Countryside
4: Prospering Suburbs
5: Constrained by Circumstances
6: Typical Traits
7: Multicultural

4. 1: Blue Collar Communities
2: City Living
3: Countryside
4: Prospering Suburbs
5: Constrained by Circumstances
6: Typical Traits
7: Multicultural

7. Release and dissemination of the Classification
Classification released on the 29th July via National Statistics Online
Also available via my homepage
708 downloads in first five months from National Statistics Online
222 CDs ordered from National Statistic (but most of them by me) have a pile in my office if anyone wants one

8. Where to now?
The classification gives a snap shot of the country in 2001
However, we do not know how the patterns seen in the classification have changed over time
Are certain groups more or less prevalent now than they were before?
Have the general patterns of the groups changed over time?

9. Fellowship Plan Along with publication relating from my PhD
Developing future research proposals
Create a pseudo classification using 1991 Census data.
Compare the pseudo classification with an altered version of the published 2001 classification

10. Questions to be answered
Has there been any change in the proportions of each of the social groups over the period?
Has the geography of these groups changed or stayed relatively stable over the period?
Which areas have changed the most and why?

11. Technical issues
Coping with the difference in output geography between the 1991 and 2001 Censuses
Allowing for the different variable definitions between the two censuses
Students enumerated in different places
Unpaid care (new variable)
Some variables only 10% sample in 1991
No ethnicity variables in 1991 Northern Ireland Census

12. Looking forward to future research
Extending the classification, firstly backwards to include data from the 1971 & 1981 Censuses. Then into the future to include 2011 data
Mapping the life course through area classification. Drawing on the work of John Rex and techniques used in a consultation exercise used within my PhD. The classification can be used to map peoples lives through time as they move from one type of area to another as they enter different phases of their lives.

13. Thank you Or