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100			_aClelland, David _942568
245			_aDeprivation, policy and rurality: The limitations and applications of area-based deprivation indices in Scotland
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 34, Issue 1, 2019 (33-50 p.)
520			_aIndices of multiple deprivation have become increasingly sophisticated and high profile as a means of identifying and targeting deprived areas and populations. However, these have been challenged on a number of grounds, both conceptual and practical, with particular concerns about their applicability to rural areas. At the same time, there is little research on how such measures are used in practice or how they influence policies or the allocation of resources. This paper seeks to quantify the effectiveness of this type of measure in terms of inclusion or exclusion of deprived populations implied by targeting areas based on the results of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. The results show that the proportion of deprived individuals within these apparently most deprived areas varies widely across different regions. However, this was not strongly related to rurality, suggesting that claims of an inherent bias against rural regions resulting from the use of these measures should be treated with caution. Nevertheless, this analysis demonstrates potential drawbacks to the uncritical reliance on indices of multiple deprivation as a basis for policy and highlights the need for the aims and rationales of such approaches to be more clearly articulated.
650			_aindicators, _942569
650			_aindices of multiple deprivation, _942570
650			_alocal policy, _942571
650			_arurality, _942572
650			_a Scotland _942573
700			_aHill, Carol _931913
773	0		_011252 _915503 _dSage, 2019. _tLocal economy
856			_uhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269094219827893
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