....excluded from full participation in society
- cannot get a decent job - lack of education
- cannot get decent housing - poverty
- suffer from poor health (mental and physical)
- suffer from high levels of crime and vandalism
- live in unattractive physical environment
Measures of Deprivation
Social:- High incidence of crime, fear of crime, high percentage of free school meals, poor standards of health and access to health facilities, low standards of education, high percentage on state benefits
Political:- Less local authority investment in the area, limited opportunity and low participation in community life and influecen decisions
Physical:- poor quality of housing, high level of pollution, high incidence of litter, high incidence of graffiti or vandalism
Economic:- poor acces to leisure services or open spaces, poor employment, low level of income, low level of car ownership, high percentage of lone-parent families, high percentage of lone pensioners
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