Table 3 Specification of indicator data sources and variables, demographic and wellbeing indicators.

From: An inclusive economy dataset for wards in Great Britain using administrative and synthetic data sources

TDR

Total dependency ratio

Ratio of dependants to working-age adults

UKHLS2; dvage

Definition: (N(0–15) + N(65+) / N(16–64) x 100). As Indicator 1A (dvage).

SR

Sex ratio

Ratio of number of males to females

UKHLS2; sex

Definition: N(sex = 1, i.e. “male”) / N(sex = 2, i.e. “female”).

SF-12

Wellbeing measure

SF-12 mental and physical component scores (MCS, PCS), age-standardised

UKHLS2; sf12mcs_dv, sf12pcs_dv

Definition: Individual-level SF-12 scores for mental (MCS) and physical (PCS) health were derived via scoring algorithm by UKHLS survey team, based on range of survey questions capturing different domains of health. Resulting summary score for individuals represents continuous scale with range of 0 (low functioning) to 100 (high functioning). Summary score for entire electoral ward was created via age-standardisation of age-specific SF-12 summary scores, based on EU Standard Population 2013 (i.e. same approach as for deriving age-standardised mortality rates).

  1. UKHLS = Understanding Society/SIPHER Synthetic Population.
  2. 1Input data are included with data package at data repository35.
  3. 2Input data are not included with data package at data repository35; see instructions in user guide there.
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