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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Louisa Nolan Welsh Government

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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urban town rural 1 190 380 570 950 1896 income domain rank 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits households

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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? urban town rural 1 190 380 570 950 1896 income domain rank Rhyl West 2 Denbighshire Betws Carmarthenshire Heath 1 Cardiff 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 WIMD ranks % population in income- benefits households

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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation How can you use it? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 12345 WIMD quintile % working- age population claiming JSA increasing deprivation quintile 2005-6 2007-8 1 / 5 5.2 4.7 1 / 3 2.3 2.2 2005/6 2007/8 Wales 2005/6 Wales 2007/8 WIMD ranks

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

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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

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

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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation Timetable March 2011 - WIMD 2008: indicator analysis 31 August 2011 - WIMD 2011 late summer 2011 - WIMD 2011: indicator analysis 2011 / 2012 - WIMD review 2013 - WIMD 2013?

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The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation search Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation or StatsWales / social inclusion or Twitter www.twitter.com/statisticswales www.twitter.com/ystadegaucymru or contact Louisa Nolan stats.inclusion@wales.gsi.gov.uk Where to find it