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.. <br />Cc�mprchcnsi�e'�'ci��hh�nirh�xxl S�uuic:: ('h�u�.�� �rn.�in.� i)_•,_!inc <br />.—, <br />Table 7. The Robson Indicators. Source: adapted from The Northern Ireland Assembly 2002. <br />Geographic area Indicators <br />Enumeration disMct level • Pensioners lacking central heating <br />• Residents lacking bath, shower or WC <br />• Households lacking a link to public sewers <br />■ Households living at 1.0+ persons per room <br />■ Households with no car <br />■ Children in households with no economically-active adult or with a <br />single adult in part-time employment <br />■ Children in flats or non-permanent accommodation <br />■ Persons aged 18-24 with no qualifications <br />■ Unemployed economically active persons <br />Ward level ■ 17 year-olds not in full-time education <br />• Part-time male employees <br />• Ratio of long-term to total unemployed males <br />• Standardised long-term limiting illness ratios for persons aged 20-60 <br />• Domestic properties with rateable value of less than £40 <br />District Council level ■ Income support claimants <br />■ Standardised mortality ratio <br />• Primary pupils entitled to free school meals <br />■ Births to parents not jointly registered <br />In 2000 a new Noble index of deprivation was produced for Northern Ireland. A <br />total of 45 indicators were used, covering the domains of income, employment, health <br />and disability, education and training, geographical access, social environment and <br />housing (Table 8). In addition to differences in the number and type of indicators and the <br />data sources, Noble introduced new measures of child poverty and economic deprivation. <br />Overall, Noble would appear to offer a methodological improvement over Robson (ibid.). <br />� <br />