Measuring Changes

Question 1

What are digital economy jobs?

Answer 1

Digital economy jobs are those in industries like mobile technology, ICT, software design and app development

Question 2

What has been the change in Middlesbrough’s population between 1991 and 2011?

Answer 2

1991: 146,000
2011: 138,400

Question 3

What has been the change in Reading’s population between 1991 and 2011

Answer 3

1991: 136,000
2011: 155,000

Question 4

How many digital economy jobs did Reading gain by 2016?

Answer 4

40,000

Question 5

Why was Middlesbrough in the news in 2015 in relation to jobs?

Answer 5

The closure of Teeside Steelworks with the loss of 3200 direct and indirect jobs

Question 6

What is the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)?

Answer 6

An attempt to quantify deprivation in England.

It uses seven data domains which are weighed towards income and employment

Question 7

How is the Index of Multiple Deprivation a very ‘fine grained’ Index?

Answer 7

Because it splits England into 33,000 small areas with about 1500 people each.

Question 8

Which seven data domains does the Index of Multiple Deprivation use?

Answer 8

Income
Employment
Education
Health
Crime
Barriers to housing and services
Living environment

Question 9

What does ‘deprivation’ mean?

Answer 9

Deprivation means lacking things that are conspired normal by society, such as a job, decent income, warm secure housing or access to healthcare.
Multiple deprivation means lacking several of these

Question 10

Using the 2015 IMD data how did Middlesbrough and Reading score for levels of deprivation out of 326 local councils?

Answer 10

Middlesbrough: 7th most deprived
Reading: 147th most deprived