Location of the Delivery Provider (Aim Level) Data Definition

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1 Identify the geographical areas in which the delivery provider is located, at aim level.

Purpose

2 These fields classify the geographical areas in which the delivery provider is located and are used in travel to learn analysis.

Relevant Collections

ILR (FE)
ILR (UfI)
ILR (WBL)
ILR (ESFSR)
ILR (ACL)
ILR (TtG)

Source Data

3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of Location of the Delivery Provider (Aim Level).

Field Name	Label
A23	Delivery Location Postcode

Derived Variables and Datasets

4 The definition produces the following derived variable(s)

Field Name	Label	Dataset
A_DPLLSC	DV - LLSC of the Delivery Provider, based on the DP postcode/ L44 NCS delivery LSC number	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File
A_DPWARD	DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (1991 census)	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File
A_DPWAR01	DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (2001 census)	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File
A_DPWAR03	DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (2003 census)	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File
A_DPREG	DV - Region of the Delivery Provider, based on the DP postcode/ L44 NCS delivery LSC number	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File
A_DPLA	DV - Local Authority based on the Aim DP postcode	Aims and WBL Framework and Aims Standard File

Detailed definition

5 Delivery Location Postcode (A23) is matched to the postcode file for that year to obtain the LSC Office (A_DPLLSC), the region (A_DPREG), the Loacal Authority (A_DPLA) and the three local authority ward fields A_DPWARD, A_DPWAR01 and A_DPWAR03, that the delivery location is based in.

Sample Code

6 The following sample code is available

Calculation of Location of the Delivery Provider (Aim Level) using SPSS (A_DPLLSC, A_DPWARD, A_DPWAR01, A_DPWAR03, A_DPREG, A_DPLA)

Creator	Analysis and MI Team
Date issued	28 September 2006
Date created	11 November 2005
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Last Modified: 29 Sep 06