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The Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2004, 2006 and 2009 identify small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across Scotland. Small areas, called datazones, are ranked from 1 (most deprived) to least deprived. The ranking is based on information covering a number of different types or 'domains' of deprivation; income, employment, health, education, access to services, housing and crime (not 2004).

Further information is available from the Scottish Government’s SIMD web pages.

Main Topics:
Rankings are provided for each of the individual SIMD domains and for the overall SIMD which is constructed from these domains.

Standard Measures:
The SIMD follows the domain methodology developed by the Social Disadvantage and Research Centre, University of Oxford. This methodology also underpins the construction of the similar English, Northern Irish and Welsh deprivation measures.