3.1 |
Selecting Target Wards For Each NI 195 Survey |
| 3.1.1 |
The survey for each four-monthly period should be based on a new selection of five ‘target’ wards that will (as far as possible) be representative not only of the range of land-uses that are present in a district, but also the range of social and economic deprivation. Please use the following procedure. |
| 3.1.2 |
To select the target wards for each four-month period, obtain a list of wards ranked by the overall Index of Multiple Deprivation, and a map showing the boundaries of electoral wards within the authority which correspond to those IMD scores (a scale of 1:10,000 should be adequate). |
| 3.1.3 |
It is recommended that authorities should use the list of wards that corresponds to the 2004 IMD scores. Alternatively, if they wish to use current ward boundaries, they may use the 2007 IMD scores, but will have to adapt these using the method described in Section 2.2. |
| 3.1.4 |
The 2004 IMD scores can be downloaded from the website www.NI195.com |
| 3.1.5 |
The wards may be ranked in one of two ways: |
| a. |
with the least deprived ward (lowest Index of Multiple Deprivation) at the top of the list, and the most deprived ward (highest Index of Multiple Deprivation) at the bottom; or |
| b. |
with the most deprived ward at the top of the list, and the least deprived ward at the bottom. |
| 3.1.6 |
Divide the wards into five groups, with (as far as possible) equal numbers of wards in each group. Where the list of wards will not divide neatly into five groups containing equal numbers of wards, place the groups containing larger numbers of wards at the bottom of the list. This will be the case for most authorities. |
| 3.1.7 |
Select one ward from each of the five groups, following the system set out in the worked example in Section 3.3. Section 3.3 shows a worked example for an authority which contains 41 wards. In this case the list of wards can be divided into four groups of eight wards, and one group of nine. |
| 3.1.8 |
Using the system that is illustrated in Section 3.3, of advancing one ward down each group list for each successive four-monthly survey period, all wards in the authority would be targeted by the NI 195 survey over a three year period. |