ID 2004: Working-age Adults with No or Low Qualifications in England, 2004

2004 administrative data from the Office for National Statistics measures the proportion of working-age adults lacking skills or qualifications as a deprivation indicator. The data covers England at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level and uses 2001 source data. It was published by Neighbourhood Statistics under the Open Government Licence for public sector information.

Use Cases

• Mapping educational deprivation based on the proportion of working-age adults with no or low qualifications.
• Analyzing socioeconomic inequality based on the described deprivation measure for the resident working-age population.
• Correlating skill levels with other area-based indicators based on the LSOA geography.
• Studying historical patterns of workforce qualification based on the 2001 source data used for the 2004 indicator.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced to Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs), enabling fine-grained spatial analysis in England.
• Indicator is derived from administrative data, which likely provides consistent measurement across geographies.
• Dataset has a specific temporal reference point, using 2001 data for the 2004 indicator.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are 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 source data used for a 2004 indicator.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (originally Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - ODPM)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2004 (using 2001 source data)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:52.696619; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA)