Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

This page shows how Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire is ranked for the following 5 ‘composite’ measures of social mobility:

  • Childhood poverty and disadvantage
  • Precarious situations
  • Promising prospects
  • Research and development
  • Socio-cultural advantage

Each of these measures combines data from 3 indicators into a single ‘composite’ score. This provides a more reliable picture of geographical mobility patterns.

Rankings

For each composite measure, 41 regions in the UK are ranked from the lowest to highest values. They are then divided into 5 equally-sized groups (‘quintiles’), from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

For example, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ranks in the of regions for .

 

Quintile 1
(lowest 20%) Quintile 5
(highest 20%)

Districts in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire region

ITL3 areas: Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire CC

Local authorities: Luton, Broxbourne, Dacorum, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire, Three Rivers, Watford, St Albans, Welwyn Hatfield, East Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire

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