HPI: Full-Time Job Increases in England by Local Authority, 2001

Administrative data from the UK Department of Health measures percentage increases in full-time equivalent employee jobs between 1991 and 2001 by place of work. The dataset covers Local Authority Districts and national geographies across England for the year 2001. This measure was constructed by Glen Bramley at Heriot-Watt University for the Health Poverty Index.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional economic development trends based on the percentage change in full-time jobs.
• Model correlations between employment growth and health poverty indicators at the Local Authority District level.
• Assess the impact of decade-long job market changes (1991-2001) on community well-being metrics.
• Create geospatial visualizations of employment change disparities across England.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative UK Department of Health and Social Care.
• Provides a specific measure of job change over a defined decade (1991-2001).
• Offers geographic granularity at the Local Authority District level for England.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2001 and may not reflect current conditions; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Health and Social Care (UK), Health Poverty Index

Collection Method

Administrative data, measure constructed by Glen Bramley at Heriot-Watt University

Time Range

2001 (measuring change from 1991-2001)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:00.170877; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England (Local Authority District, National)