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Research and analysis
Social mobility index
- From:
- Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and Social Mobility Commission
- Part of:
- Equality and Social mobility
- Published:
- 31 January 2016
- Last updated:
- 16 June 2016, see all updates
- Applies to:
- England
The social mobility index sets out the differences between where children grow up and the chances they have of doing well in adult life.
Documents
The Social Mobility Index
PDF, 10MB, 39 pages
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Methodology for the social mobility index
PDF, 258KB, 9 pages
Data for the social mobility index
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.91MB
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Details
The report compares the chances for children from poorer backgrounds:
- doing well at school
- finding a good job
- having a decent standard of living
The methodology report:
- explains which data was used
- defines social mobility and disadvantage
- explains how to understand and use the data spreadsheet
The data spreadsheet shows the social mobility index by local authority.
Document information
Published: 31 January 2016
Updated: 16 June 2016
- Correction to Westminster local authority’s school and youth rankings in the social mobility index data spreadsheet.
- Updated the document 'Data for the social mobility index'.
- First published.