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MAIDeN User Guide
We have developed a user guide to help anyone using MAIDeN data. It covers:
- Confidentiality, Accuracy and Quality
Control
- Sources and Definitions of
Data
- Comparisons using Ranking and
Rates
- Using Service Planning
Matrices
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MAIDeN User Guide
(Microsoft Word document)
List of data available from MAIDeN
Geographical areas
MAIDeN collects data within the
county of Gloucestershire. Where data is from national sources we may be
able to provide national comparisons, but we are not able to do this for
data we collect locally.
The main geographical areas used
are:
Administrative: County,
District, Wards (2003 boundaries), Parishes, Electoral Divisions, Primary
Care Trusts.
Statistical: Below ward level
official statistics are increasingly being released at output area level.
These are designed to remain constant over time as administrative
boundaries change. Output areas come in various sizes. These are:
Census Output Area: average
size 150 households (have reference numbers like 23UEFS0006
Lower Level Super Output Areas:
average 1500 people (average of 650 households in Gloucestershire). May be referred to as "Super Output Areas" and have a reference number such
E0102200 or a name such as All Saints (2). This indicates the ward it
sits within.
Above these are Middle Level Super
Output Areas which are a similar size to wards (average population 7500) but do not have the same
boundaries, and Upper Level Super Output Areas which are not currently in use.
The size of these will be around 25,000 people.
An explanation of Super Output Areas
and Census Output areas used in official statistics is available from the
following link.
Link
to guide from Department of Work and Pensions.
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