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Creating open source geodemographics: Refining a national classification of census output areas for applications in higher education

Alexander D. Singleton and Paul A. Longley

Papers in Regional Science, 2009, vol. 88, issue 3, 643-666

Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the use of geodemographic classifications to investigate the social, economic and spatial dimensions of participation in Higher Education (HE). Education is a public service that confers very significant and tangible benefits upon receiving individuals: as such, we argue that understanding the geodemography of educational opportunity requires an application‐specific classification that exploits under‐used educational data sources. We develop a classification for the UK higher education sector, and apply it to the Gospel Oak area of London. We discuss the wider merits of sector specific applications of geodemographics and enumerate the advantages of bespoke classifications for applications in public service provision. Resumen Este artículo explora el uso de clasificaciones geodemográficas para investigar las dimensiones sociales, económicas y espaciales de la participación en educación superior. La educación es un servicio público que confiere beneficios tangibles y muy significativos a los individuos que la reciben: como tal, argumentamos que entender la geodemografía de las oportunidades educativas requiere una clasificación específica para cada aplicación que explote fuentes de datos de educación infra utilizados. Desarrollamos una clasificación para el sector de educación superior del Reino Unido, y la aplicamos al área de Gospel Oak de Londres. Discutimos en general los méritos de aplicaciones sectoriales específicas de geodemografía y citamos las ventajas de clasificaciones a medida para aplicaciones en la provisión de servicios públicos.

Date: 2009
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