ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY
EDINBURGH LOCAL GROUP MEETING
Tuesday 5 November 2002, 5.30pm in the International Centre for
Mathematical Sciences, 14 India Street, Edinburgh.
(http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/)
Refreshments will be available from 5pm.
*** Please note the earlier start time ***
Jane Longhurst & Patrick Heady, Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Small Area Estimates of Income
There is a specific and increasing interest from government, local
authorities and other bodies in obtaining income data at the smallest
possible geographical level. The need for this data comes principally for
the effective distribution of resources and identification of areas of
deprivation. For a number of reasons a question on income was not included
in the 2001 Census. Alternative methods for obtaining data on income at the
small area level were identified by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
and one such option was the use of small area estimation methodologies.
As part of its Small Area Estimation Programme, the Methodology and Quality
Division at the ONS has been developing a model-based approach for producing
small area estimates of social survey variables using auxiliary data from
administrative and census sources to enable the borrowing of strength
between similar areas. This research is now being published.
This presentation will describe the general small area estimation
methodology developed by the ONS and discuss how this general methodology
has been applied to the specific problem of estimating income at the ward
level for Great Britain.
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Dave Signorini
Chair, Edinburgh Local Group
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