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Title:
Impact of Urban Regeneration on the Relationship between Social Exclusion and Health in North West England, 2006

Subject Categories:
New town studies - Environment, conservation and land use
General - Health
Community and urban studies - Society and culture
Social indicators and quality of life - Society and culture

Depositor(s):
Shiels, C., University of Salford. Institute for Health and Social Care Research. Centre for Public Health Research

Principal Investigator(s):
Baker, D., University of Salford. Institute for Health and Social Care Research. Centre for Public Health Research
Barrow, S., University of Salford. Institute for Health and Social Care Research. Centre for Public Health Research
Shiels, C., University of Salford. Institute for Health and Social Care Research. Centre for Public Health Research

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Grant Number:
RES-062-23-0469

Abstract:
The overall objective of this study was to estimate the effect of urban regeneration upon the association between social exclusion and various health outcomes.

Access was available to health survey data collected for Primary Care Trusts in 2006, covering ten Local Authority (LA) areas in the North West of England. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to identify clusters of varying social exclusion within over 20,000 survey respondents. Six individual-level socio-economic and social capital variables from the health surveys were included in the LCA, along with five area-based measures (i.e. characteristics of the lower Super Output Area (SOA) that the respondent resided in, such as percentage of population with no educational qualifications). Four social exclusion clusters (classes) were identified from the LCA.

For all respondents in the dataset an attempt was made to determine, from their postcode and period of residence, if they had been included in any regeneration target populations from 1995 onwards. If so, the period of exposure to regeneration and the intensity (funding level) of regeneration exposure were estimated for each respondent. To develop these measures, it was first necessary to obtain details of 32 mainstream regeneration programmes that had taken place within the ten LAs between 1995 and 2006. The geographical target area for each programme was identified, and it was established whether or not an individual survey respondent would have been residing in one or more programme areas during their period of implementation.

Further information can be found on the ESRC Award web page.

Main Topics:
The main analysis concerned investigating associations between the computed regeneration measures, the derived social exclusion classes and the different health outcomes.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: January 1995-September 2006
Dates of Fieldwork: January 2006-September 2006
Country: England
Geography: Blackburn; Burnley; Halton; Hyndburn; Knowsley; Pendle; Ribble Valley; Rochdale; Rossendale; Warrington; North West England
Spatial Units: Local Authority
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Respondents of a health survey questionnaire in ten Local Authority areas in the North West of England during 2006.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Simple random sample
Number of Units: 20,220 cases
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: No weighting used
Data Sources:

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 27 April 2009

Copyright:
Copyright D. Baker, S. Barrow and C. Shiels

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