Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index
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The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) is an index of deprivation
used in the United Kingdom
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The index is calculated by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and measures in a local area the proportion of children under the age of 16 that live in low income households. The local areas for which the index is calculated are super output areas. It is supplementary to the Indices of Multiple Deprivation
and is used for calculation of the contextual value added
score, measuring children's educational progress.
Deprivation
Deprivation may refer to:* Poverty* Relative deprivation* Sleep deprivation* Maternal deprivation...
used in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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The index is calculated by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and measures in a local area the proportion of children under the age of 16 that live in low income households. The local areas for which the index is calculated are super output areas. It is supplementary to the Indices of Multiple Deprivation
Index of Multiple Deprivation
The Indices of deprivation 2004 is a Deprivation index at the small area level, created by the British Department for Communities and Local Government....
and is used for calculation of the contextual value added
Contextual value added
Contextual value added is a statistic used by the government of the United Kingdom to assess the performance of schools.The statistic is intended to show the progress children have made whilst attending a particular school...
score, measuring children's educational progress.