?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Demographic+and+Deprivation+Ratios%3A+examples+of+their+use+in+understanding+underlying+spatial+patterns+in+social+phenomena&rft.creator=Webber%2C+R&rft.description=The+intention+of+this+paper+is+to+explore+the+concept+of+standardized+demographic+ordeprivation+Ratios+%3F+what+they+are%2C+why+they+might+be+useful%2C+for+what+statisticaldistributions+they+can+be+built%2C+how+they+can+be+constructed+and+which+research+activitiesand+policy+areas+they+might+inform.Such+Ratios+are+designed+to+demonstrate+the+extent+to+which+the+local+levels+of+variousstatistical+measures+are+above+or+below+the+level+that+would+be+%3Fexpected%3F+on+the+basis+ofthe+demographic+make+up+of+local+areas.+They+would+answer+questions+such+as+%3FIsunemployment+in+this+town+high+for+a+place+of+this+sort%3F%3F%3B+%3FIs+the+reason+for+the+high+levelof+vodka+consumption+in+Scotland+something+to+do+with+local+history+or+local+culture+orcan+it+be+explained+as+a+consequence+of+the+demographics+of+the+Scottish+population%3F%3F+or%3FIs+the+level+of+burglary+in+Avon+and+Somerset+above+the+level+that+it+ought+to+be%2C+bearingin+mind+the+characteristics+of+its+population%3F%3FThe+analysis+of+standardised+Ratios+is+also+relevant+to+the+study+of+regionalization.+Weare+used+to+the+administrative+regions+in+terms+of+which+government+divide+the+countryand+publish+statistics.+The+mapping+of+Standardised+Ratios+shows+the+extent+to+whichthese+administrative+boundaries+correspond+to+the+boundaries+of+%3Fnatural%3F+regions%2C+thesebeing+defined+as+sets+of+adjacent+areas+sharing+similar+values+on+a+broad+range+ofStandardised+Ratios.Relating+the+actual+levels+of+social+statistics+to+some+measure+of+what+might+be+expectedon+the+basis+of+the+population+is+clearly+relevant+to+the+evaluation+of+local+performance%2Cwhether+in+the+private+or+the+public+sector+and+Ratios+of+this+sort%2C+for+example+MortalityRatios%2C+have+been+used+for+many+years+by+health+professional+to+benchmark+local+levelsof+mortality+against+the+level+which+might+be+expected+on+the+basis+of+the+gender+and+age.However+the+mapping+of+the+difference+between+actual+and+expected+rates+can+oftenthrow+interesting+light+on+cultural+differences+between+regions+and+sub+regions+of+thecountry+which+persist+despite+the+homogenizing+tendency+of+central+government+andnational+or+even+multinational+retail+multiples.The+paper+illustrates+the+potential+meaning+and+use+of+these+Ratios+by+means+of+a+set+oftwelve+demographic+and+deprivation+Ratios+created+from+the+2001+census+in+the+UK.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Advanced+Spatial+Analysis+(UCL)&rft.date=2004-11&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.source=++++(CASA+Working+Papers++86).+Centre+for+Advanced+Spatial+Analysis+(UCL)%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2004)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F200%2F1%2Fpaper86.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F200%2F&rft.rights=open