lads: sp object of local authority districts (LADs) in England and...

In philmikejones/thesis: hrsim: A spatial microsimulation analysis of health inequalities and health resilience

Description

Local authority districts (LADs) in England and Wales saved as a polygons spatial object, including area classifications.

Usage

lads

Format

The @data contains the following variables:

code

Local authority district (LAD) code

name

LAD name

region

Government office region

supergroup

Supergroup area classification of the LAD

group

Group area classification of the LAD

subgroup

Subgroup classification of the LAD

lexp_female

Life expectancy, females

lexp_male

Life expectancy, males

lim_little

Day-to-day activities limited a little

lim_lot

Day-to-day activities limited a lot

lim_not

Day-to-day activities not limited

v_bad

Self-reported general health very bad

bad

Self-reported general health bad

fair

Self-reported general health fair

good

Self-reported general health good

v_good

Self-reported general health very good

imd

Index of multiple deprivation (average for LAD)

imd_rank

Rank of index of multiple deprivation (average for LAD)

unem

Number of economically active unemployed people at census day 2011

pop_1000

Population of LADs in 1,000s (based on srgh)

bad_over

Self-reported general health bad overall (bad + v_bad)

good_over

SRGH good overall (good + v_good)

Source

• Boundary data: https://census.edina.ac.uk/easy_download_data.html?data=infuse_dist_lyr_2011

• Area classification: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/area-classifications/ns-area-classifications/ns-2011-area-classifications/datasets/2011-census-data.xls

• Life expectancy: ONS; Public Health England

• Limiting long-term illness or disability: Census (Nomis)

• Self-reported general health: Census (Nomis)

• IMD: Dept. for Communities and Local Government

• Economically active unemployed from the census 2011 (Nomis)

• Population: calculated from census (2011)

philmikejones/thesis documentation built on May 31, 2019, 2:50 p.m.