Local authority IMD distance
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Description
Rankings, match-scores and labels for local authorities based on composite UK IMD data
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Table: Local Authority IMD Similarity
Description:
Dataset of distance calculations based on Composite UK IMD.
This distance is based on:
- Population density
- proportion of LA population in LSOAs in IMD quintile 1
- proportion of LA population in LSOAs in IMD quintile 2,3
- proportion of LA population in LSOAs in IMD quintile 4,5
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| local-authority-code_A | string | A three/four letter code for the local authority | No | |
| local-authority-code_B | string | A three/four letter code for the local authority | No | |
| distance | number | The distance between the two local authorities (not meaningful except for comparisons) | No | |
| match | number | A score between 0 and 100 indicting how similar a council is (based on all known distances for a council) | No | |
| position | number | The rank of how much local authority B is similar to local authority A (1 is most similar). | No |
Table: Local authority IMD profile labels
Description:
A short category based on IMD profile for each local authority
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| local-authority-code | string | 3/4 letter local authority code. | Yes | |
| label | string | Label to describe IMD profile of authority. | No | 1st IMD quintile, 2nd IMD quintile, 3rd IMD quintile, 4th IMD quintile, 5th IMD quintile |
Table: Local authority IMD labels
Description:
Map of short labels to longer descriptions for IMD categories.
Data description
| Column name | Data type | Description | Unique | Required values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| label | string | Short label for IMD profile. | Yes | 1st IMD quintile, 2nd IMD quintile, 3rd IMD quintile, 4th IMD quintile, 5th IMD quintile |
| desc | string | Longer description of IMD profile. | Yes | Councils in most deprived quintile (20%), Councils in second most deprived quintile (20%), Councils in middle deprivation quintile (20%), Councils in second least deprived quintile (20%), Councils in least deprived quintile (20%) |
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