Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2008 (WIMD) - Summary Report

Revision note

During production of the 2011 edition of WIMD, an error was discovered in the WIMD 2008 income domain. This was because the dependent children of claimants of income-related Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits were erroneously omitted from the indicator in 2008.

The 2008 income indicators were corrected and re-published on StatsWales in November 2011. Indicator values were on average over 20 per cent higher than the originally published value. Changes to the income domain and overall index ranks were made both to StatsWales and to the WIMD 2008 Summary Report on 20 December 2011.

As the result of an error found in the community safety domain, the lower-layer super output area (LSOA) scores and ranks in the community safety domain and the overall index were revised on 29 March 2011.

As the result of an error found in the physical environment domain, the lower-layer super output area (LSOA) scores and ranks in the physical environment domain and the overall index were revised on 13 July 2010.