Jarman Score
Score calculated using data collected from the census to indicate the deprivation level of an area. They give an indication of social deprivation, based on the weight of eight variables:-
 
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Unemployment - unemployed residents aged 16+ as a proportion of all economically active residents aged 16+.

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Overcrowding - persons in households with 1 and more persons per room as a proportion of all residents in households.

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Lone pensioners - lone pensioner households as a proportion of all residents in households.

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Single parents - lone 'parents' as a proportion of all residents in households.

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Born in New Commonwealth - residents born in the New Commonwealth as a proportion of all residents.
Children aged under 5 - children aged 0-4 years of age as a proportion of all residents .

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Low social class - persons in households with economically active head of household in socio-economic group 11 (unskilled manual workers) as a proportion of all persons in households.

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One year migrants - residents with a different address one year before the Census as a proportion of all residents.

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Jarman 8 Score - method of calculation