Those are striking words, and it is to areas
of multiple deprivation that I believe resources should be targeted, but most certainly not in a heavy - handed way.
There are different ways of identifying disadvantaged students - either living in areas where few people go to university, having been eligible for free meals at school or under measures
of multiple deprivation.
«Vulnerability is often high among indigenous peoples, women, children, the elderly, and disabled people who
experience multiple deprivations that inhibit them from managing daily risks and shocks.»
Inclusion criteria: women admitted to the ward between 26 July - 18 October 2010 who lived in the 3 most disadvantaged postcode area quintiles for the Scottish Index of
Multiple Deprivation (SIMD 1 - 3) in 2009 and who were breastfeeding
Professor Crow said the size of the catchment area for a casino in Manchester was «second only to that of London», adding that, crucially, the city had the «greatest need in terms of
multiple deprivation» of all the bids.
The programme has targeted areas according to measures of relative disadvantage including the Welsh Index of
Multiple Deprivation (WIMD), free school meals and the proportion of children under four in households receiving income related benefits.
Her study links data from the Association of British Bookmakers, the Gambling Commission list of registered betting premises, the annual Crime Survey and Indices of
Multiple Deprivation.
However, an analysis of the 32 free schools set to open in the next academic year shows 13 are in the most affluent half of England with only two in the 10 % most deprived areas and 10 in the 20 % most deprived areas, as ranked by the government's English Indices of
Multiple Deprivation, 2010.
The researchers used the government - preferred Index of
Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to measure deprivation.
15 years ago, with the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 189 heads of state pledged to eradicate extreme poverty and
multiple deprivations that threaten the well - being of people.
The association between area deprivation and perceived social support was analysed by applying valid and reliable measures such as the Oslo - 3 Social Support Scale and the German Index of
Multiple Deprivation.