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The creation of 'consistent areas through time' (CATTs) in Scotland, 1981-2001
Daniel J Exeter1, Paul Boyle, Zhiqiang Feng
1School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. d.exeter@st-andrews.ac.uk
Abstract:
Small area analysis of sociodemographic change over time is often impeded by the changing configuration of census zones for each decennial UK census. Approaches for matching zone configurations exist, but these typically require population estimation techniques, which inevitably involve some error. Because of the postcode-based geographical zoning system used in Scottish censuses, it is possible to create a local-area geography which is consistent for recent censuses. Here we present a methodology used to create three sets of consistent areas through time (CATTs) that can be used for analysing comparable small area data output from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses.
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