Multiple deprivation index
The Index of Multiple Deprivation is a UK government qualitative study of deprived areas in English local councils.
The first study (released in 2007) covers seven aspects of deprivation. The statistics described by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit are:
- Income
- Employment
- Health deprivation and Disability
- Education Skills and Training
- Barriers to Housing and Services
- Crime
- Living Environment.
Production
It was produced by the Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford.