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What we did - and what we might do next: Uses of Census Statistics in a Local Authority

What we did - and what we might do next: Uses of Census Statistics in a Local Authority. Jennifer Boag Research and Information Team Leader Falkirk Council 5 th October 2012. Outline. Why Census statistics What did we do a case study of Falkirk Council What we might do next.

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What we did - and what we might do next: Uses of Census Statistics in a Local Authority

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  1. What we did - and what we might do next:Uses of Census Statistics in a Local Authority Jennifer Boag Research and Information Team Leader Falkirk Council 5th October 2012

  2. Outline • Why Census statistics • What did we do • a case study of Falkirk Council • What we might do next

  3. What’s so special about the Census? • Small area geography • Census output areas • Small area data • e.g. tenure by car availability • National comparability – more or less • Data not available from other sources • Comparability over time?

  4. What you need to understand • What questions were asked • Understanding the geography • Understanding the output

  5. What did we use Census statistics for? - 1 • Profiling

  6. What did we use Census statistics for? - 2 • Profiling • Deprivation Analysis

  7. What did we use Census statistics for? - 3 • Deprivation Analysis – in anticipation of a national analysis • No one index is perfect • Several different indices trialled • Variety of possible variables in Census data • Two levels of geography

  8. What did we use Census statistics for? - 4 • Different indices • Carstairs and Morris • Scottish 1991 index • Stirling Council commissioned analysis • Child deprivation • Non–elderly • Results combined

  9. What did we use Census statistics for? - 5 • What we found • Results anticipated Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation • Identified very small pockets of deprivation • Also better boundary definition • Agreed with staff on the ground’s perceptions • Several areas identified in all indices

  10. What did we use Census statistics for? - 6 • Profiling • Deprivation Analysis • Ethnicity profile

  11. What did we use Census statistics for? - 7 • Profiling • Deprivation Analysis • Ethnicity profile • Migration analysis

  12. What did we use Census statistics for? - 8 • Migration analysis • By school catchment

  13. What did we use Census statistics for? - 9 • Profiling • Deprivation Analysis • Ethnicity profile • Migration analysis • Travel to work mapping

  14. What we might do next - 1 • More and better profiling

  15. What we might do next - 2 • More and better profiling • GIS based system?

  16. What we might do next - 3 • More and better profiling • GIS based system? • More equalities profiling

  17. What we might do next - 4 • Equalities groups • Age – in Census • Gender – in Census • Gender reassignment – not in Census • Disability – limiting long term illness in Census • Ethnicity – in Census • Religion – in Census • Sexuality – not in Census • Marriage or civil partnership – in Census

  18. What we might do next - 5 • More and better profiling • GIS based system? • More equalities profiling • Make use of new data

  19. What we might do next - 6 • Making use of new data • visitors • language • national identity • month and year of arrival in UK • passports held • type of central heating • civil partnerships • types of disability – Scotland only

  20. What we might do next - 7 ?

  21. Thank You! Any questions? Our website: www.falkirk.gov.uk/statistics

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