Updates to SIMD Income and Employment Domains

Footnotes

1. A full description of Official Statistics, including a link to the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, is detailed on the last page of this publication.
2. SIMD 2009 Technical Report: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/simd2009technical
3. The tax credit data used in SIMD 2004 is not comparable with that used in SIMD 2009. This is because SIMD 2004 used Working Families Tax Credit data whilst SIMD 2009 and SIMD 2009+1 used Working and Child Tax Credit data.
4. SIMD 2009 Technical Report: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/simd2009technical
5. Employment and Support Allowance is replacing Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity.