Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2009

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2009 is the Scottish Government’s official tool for identifying concentrations of deprivation in Scotland. SIMD09 is the Scottish Government’s third edition since 2004. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) combines seven different domains (aspects) of deprivation: income; employment; health; education, skills and training; geographic access to services; crime; and housing. These domains are measured using a number of indicators to form ranks for each domain. Data zones are ranked from 1 being most deprived to 6,505 being least deprived. Each of the seven domain ranks are then combined to form the overall SIMD. This provides a measure of relative deprivation at data zone level, so it tells you that one data zone is relatively more deprived than another but not how much more deprived.2009年苏格兰多重贫困指数（Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation，SIMD）是苏格兰政府用于识别苏格兰境内贫困集中区域的官方工具。SIMD2009是苏格兰政府自2004年起推出的第三版该指数。 苏格兰多重贫困指数（SIMD）整合了衡量贫困的七大维度（层面）：收入、就业、健康、教育、技能与培训、服务地理可及性、犯罪状况以及住房状况。各维度均通过多项指标进行测算，进而生成各维度的独立排名。数据分区（data zone）的排名区间为1至6505，其中排名1对应最贫困区域，排名6505对应最不贫困区域。随后将七大维度的排名进行整合，得到综合的苏格兰多重贫困指数。该指数仅可用于衡量数据分区层面的相对贫困程度，即仅能反映不同数据分区之间的相对贫困差异，却无法量化具体的贫困差距幅度。