ID 2004 Combined Employment Domain indicator (Illness)

ID 2004 Combined Employment domain indicator (Illness) provides counts of Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance claimants. The Office for National Statistics published this administrative data for Lower Layer Super Output Areas in England. The dataset covers the years 2001 and 2003.

Use Cases

• Mapping the geographic distribution of illness-related welfare claimants based on LSOA-level data.
• Analyzing temporal changes in benefit claimant counts between 2001 and 2003.
• Correlating local-area benefit claimant rates with other socio-economic indicators.
• Informing local government resource allocation for health and employment support services.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official UK government administrative records via the Office for National Statistics.
• Geographic coverage is specific to Lower Layer Super Output Areas across England.
• Temporal coverage includes two distinct years, 2001 and 2003, allowing for comparison.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2001-2003 period.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2001, 2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:59.222370; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England (Lower Layer Super Output Area - LSOA)