Comments on: SEISA by HESA – a new area-based measure of deprivation https://wonkhe.com/blogs/seisa-by-hesa-a-new-area-based-measure-of-deprivation/ Home of the higher education debate Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Peter https://wonkhe.com/blogs/seisa-by-hesa-a-new-area-based-measure-of-deprivation/#comment-100516 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:46:15 +0000 https://wonkhe.com/?post_type=blogs&p=159380#comment-100516 Having a little dig into the data, at a high-level it seems to have similar drawbacks to existing measures of deprivation that are used in a HE context.

For example, only 0.5% of areas in London are in the most deprived 10% of areas in England on this measure and only 4.7% are in the most deprived 20%. This does not reflect the economic deprivation of London.

]]> By: Gavin Moodie https://wonkhe.com/blogs/seisa-by-hesa-a-new-area-based-measure-of-deprivation/#comment-100515 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:27:10 +0000 https://wonkhe.com/?post_type=blogs&p=159380#comment-100515 Thanx very much for this.

Am I right in thinking that each SEISA area has about 200 residents (aged 16 to 74)?

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