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Using Census data to generate a UK-wide measure of disadvantage - Appendix 1 (England)

Further work on our measure of disadvantage revealed an error in the generation of HESA measure deciles. Our output area files for England, Wales and Scotland contained statistics for higher level geographies (either local authorities, regions and/or countries), which had not been removed prior to the formation of the deciles.

HESA measure deciles have been recreated based on a total of 232,296 output areas (181,408 in England and Wales, 46,531 in Scotland and 4,537 in Northern Ireland). Around 1% of output areas changed from quintile 1 to a higher quintile or vice versa. Approximately 5% of output areas were affected when undertaking an analysis by decile. We have found the impact of this to be minimal and the conclusions of our research are not materially altered.

2022-05-11

Appendix 1: English domiciled full-time first degree entrants aged 18 to 20 in the academic year 2011/12

Please note: totals may not align as expected in some instances due to the exclusion of missing data.

Table A1: Cross-tabulation of HESA measure and POLAR*

 

POLAR quintile 2 to 5 (%)

POLAR quintile 1 (%)

Total

HESA measure quintile 2 to 5

93.8

6.2

243,775

HESA measure quintile 1

54.8

45.2

24,740

Table A2: Cross-tabulation of HESA measure and IMD*

 

IMD quintile 2 to 5 (%)

IMD quintile 1 (%)

Total

HESA measure quintile 2 to 5

92.1

7.9

243,915

HESA measure quintile 1

31.1

68.9

24,745

Table A3: Geographic distribution of quintile 1 students by region of domicile and measure of disadvantage (%)*

 

HESA measure quintile 1

POLAR quintile 1

IMD quintile 1

North East

8.2

7.6

5.1

North West

22.7

16.3

21.1

Yorkshire and The Humber

15.3

13.1

11.0

East Midlands

10.1

10.8

5.9

West Midlands

19.8

13.0

15.9

East of England

7.4

11.5

4.4

London

5.5

1.4

28.7

South East

6.4

16.2

4.4

South West

4.6

10.3

3.5

Total

24,745

26,355

36,230

Table A4: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by local authority (top 50 by proportion) – Quintile 1 of HESA measure (%)*

Local authority

Quintile 1 of HESA measure (%)

Birmingham

7.1

Bradford

2.9

Leicester

2.6

Liverpool

2.3

Sandwell

2.2

Manchester

2.1

Leeds

1.7

Sheffield

1.6

Kirklees

1.6

Walsall

1.6

County Durham

1.5

Stoke-on-Trent

1.5

Wolverhampton

1.4

Sunderland

1.4

Bolton

1.4

Rochdale

1.3

Oldham

1.2

Wakefield

1.2

Doncaster

1.2

Dudley

1.1

Kingston upon Hull, City of

1.1

Tameside

1.1

Knowsley

1.1

Coventry

1.1

Nottingham

1

Blackburn with Darwen

1

Rotherham

1

Wirral

0.9

Sefton

0.9

Luton

0.8

Salford

0.8

Derby

0.8

Wigan

0.8

Barnsley

0.8

Newcastle upon Tyne

0.8

Halton

0.7

Pendle

0.7

Enfield

0.6

Barking and Dagenham

0.6

Peterborough

0.6

Calderdale

0.6

Preston

0.6

Plymouth

0.6

St. Helens

0.6

Blackpool

0.6

Stockton-on-Tees

0.6

Cheshire West and Chester

0.6

Middlesbrough

0.6

Cornwall

0.6

South Tyneside

0.6

Table A5: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by local authority (top 50 by proportion) – Quintile 1 of POLAR (%)

Local authority

Quintile 1 of POLAR (%)

Birmingham

2.4

Liverpool

2.1

Leeds

2.0

Bristol, City of

1.8

Sheffield

1.8

Manchester

1.7

Stoke-on-Trent

1.7

Doncaster

1.6

Wakefield

1.3

County Durham

1.3

Nottingham

1.3

Kingston upon Hull, City of

1.3

Barnsley

1.2

Sunderland

1.1

Southampton

1.1

Wirral

1.0

Portsmouth

1.0

Halton

1.0

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

0.9

Dudley

0.9

Plymouth

0.9

Thurrock

0.9

Knowsley

0.9

Tameside

0.9

Medway

0.9

Walsall

0.9

Basildon

0.8

South Gloucestershire

0.8

Wigan

0.8

Cheshire West and Chester

0.8

Bradford

0.8

Derby

0.8

Northampton

0.8

Sandwell

0.7

Swindon

0.7

Norwich

0.7

Northumberland

0.7

Rotherham

0.7

Brighton and Hove

0.7

Stockton-on-Tees

0.7

Salford

0.7

Coventry

0.7

Thanet

0.7

Ipswich

0.6

Ashfield

0.6

Telford and Wrekin

0.6

Peterborough

0.6

Wolverhampton

0.6

Nuneaton and Bedworth

0.6

Middlesbrough / Poole

0.6

Table A6: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by local authority (top 50 by proportion) – Quintile 1 of IMD (%)

Local authority

Quintile 1 of IMD (%)

Birmingham

7.6

Manchester

3.3

Liverpool

2.7

Bradford

2.4

Tower Hamlets

2.2

Newham

2.1

Hackney

1.9

Haringey

1.8

Southwark

1.8

Leeds

1.8

Enfield

1.7

Sandwell

1.7

Barking and Dagenham

1.5

Lewisham

1.5

Waltham Forest

1.4

Leicester

1.4

Sheffield

1.4

Lambeth

1.4

Wolverhampton

1.3

Ealing

1.2

Bolton

1.2

Nottingham

1.2

Walsall

1.2

Croydon

1.1

Islington

1.1

Brent

1.1

Kirklees

1.1

Rochdale

1.0

Greenwich

1.0

Stoke-on-Trent

1.0

Westminster

1.0

Coventry

1.0

Knowsley

0.9

Wirral

0.9

Oldham

0.9

County Durham

0.9

Sefton

0.9

Salford

0.8

Tameside

0.8

Bristol, City of

0.8

Camden

0.8

Sunderland

0.7

Derby

0.7

Blackburn with Darwen

0.7

Luton

0.7

Kingston upon Hull, City of

0.7

Hammersmith and Fulham

0.7

Wakefield

0.7

Kensington and Chelsea

0.6

Newcastle upon Tyne

0.6

Table A7: Distribution of quintile 1 students by urban-rural classification and measure of disadvantage*

 

HESA measure quintile 1

POLAR quintile 1

IMD quintile 1
Rural hamlets and isolated dwellings

0.2

0.9

0.2
Rural hamlets and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting

0.0

0.0

0.0
Rural town and fringe 

3.8

3.9

1.4
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting

0.2

0.1

0.1
Rural village

0.6

1.1

0.2
Rural village in a sparse setting

0.1

0.0

0.0
Urban city and town in a sparse setting

0.3

0.2

0.1
Urban city and town  

42.4

60

28.7
Urban major conurbation 

46.7

26.3

65.2
Urban minor conurbation

5.7

7.4

4.2
Total

24,745

26,355

36,230

Table A8: Distribution of quintile 1 students by NSSEC and measure of disadvantage*

 

HESA measure quintile 1

POLAR quintile 1

IMD quintile 1

NSSEC groups 1 or 2

22.0

32.5

25.3

NSSEC groups 3 to 8

55.7

49.7

50.2

Missing information

22.3

17.9

24.5

Total

24,745

26,355

36,230

Table A9: Distribution of quintile 1 students by parental education and measure of disadvantage*

 

HESA measure quintile 1

POLAR quintile 1

IMD quintile 1

Parent has HE qualification

20.4

28.1

25.8

Parent doesn't have HE qualification

56.8

50.8

50.8

Don't know

8.9

8.7

9.1

Information refused

13.8

12.3

14.3

No response given

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

24,745

26,355

36,230

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