Neighbourhood change, deprivation, and unemployment in Belfast

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ID4715832
AuthorsChristopher D Lloyd (0000-0003-0575-7793, Geography School of Natural and Built Environment Queen's University Belfast Belfast UK, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume188
Issue2
Pages190-208
Publication date2022-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/geoj.12424
OpenAlexW3212829956
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited27

Much effort has been expended on measuring deprivation in neighbourhoods across the UK and elsewhere. However, there has been only a relatively limited concern with deprivation histories of areas. This paper takes as its focus Belfast in Northern Ireland and it capitalises on rich data sources on deprivation generally and unemployment specifically. The study makes use of data on multiple time points - the Census from 1971 to 2011, multiple deprivation measures for 2005, 2010, and 2017, and benefits claimant count data for 2020. The paper explores the changing geography of deprivation and unemployment, identifying areas with persistently high deprivation and unemployment across time and across measures. It is argued that trajectories are important, particularly in terms of targeting resources. The final section of the analysis uses claimant count data to assess changing unemployment rates following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and it shows that changes in these rates are strongly related to long-term deprivation and unemployment patterns

Census · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Northern ireland · Pandemic · Plaintiff · Political science · Social deprivation · Sociology · Unemployment · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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