simd2020v2_education_domain_vigintile¶
Scottish Government SIMD 2020v2 education domain vigintile, unweighted, 1 = most deprived; copied exactly as published on statistics.gov.scot, never derived; the publisher places some tied zones in adjacent bands
What the education domain measures (indicators in the Scottish Government's SIMD 2020v2 glossary; earlier editions' indicators differ in detail):
- School pupil attendance (
EduAttend, percentage; SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record)) - Attainment of school leavers (
EduAttain, score; SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record)) - Working age people with no qualifications (
EduNoQuals, standardised ratio; SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record)) - Proportion of people aged 16-19 not participating in education, employment or training (
EduNotPart, percentage; SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record)) - 17-21 year olds entering university as a proportion of the 17-21 population (
EduUniver, percentage; SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record))
| Table | Type | Nullable | Category | In the CSV export | SQL Server type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
history table (postcode_simd_history, SPD) |
int8 | no | Scottish Government published domain band | yes | tinyint |
main table (postcode_simd, SSPL) |
int8 | no | Scottish Government published domain band | yes | tinyint |
Provenance (the same in both tables)¶
Each table runs its own copy of the table-level checks, named .history. and .main..
Where it comes from
| Input | Field | Condition | Reaches the row by |
|---|---|---|---|
statistics.gov.scot/simd_2020.csv (pinned, SHA256 25fea7ddaf54…) |
Value |
SIMD Domain = Education Skills And Training, Measurement = Vigintile, DateCode = 2020 | DataZone2011Code = FeatureCode |
data.gov.uk/SG_SIMD_2020/SG_SIMD_2020.dbf (pinned, SHA256 3eb0f27aa4aa…) |
edurank: Education domain rank (SIMD 2020v2 glossary; reviewed (AI-assisted review, 2026-10-02, record)) |
the rank the published rank must equal, or differ from as declared | DataZone2011Code = datazone |
Scope: the row itself.
What was done to it: copied (gated). The Scottish Government's published band, copied, never derived; admitted only where the published rank is the shapefile's. (code: simd_ingest/core/govscot.py: read_published_bands)
How it is checked (what each check tests; whether a build passed it is in that build's manifest.json["checks"])
source.hash.statistics.gov.scot/simd_2020.csv: the pinned file's SHA256 equals the registry's: the bytes are exactly the ones reviewedgovscot.2020v2.bands.years: the band file holds exactly the years the registry declares for itgovscot.2020v2.bands.education.zones: every zone of the edition is published once for the domaingovscot.2020v2.bands.education.ranks_agree: every published rank equals the shapefile rank, or differs only in a declared wayjoin.<table>.gov.2020v2.every_record_matched: every record found its data zone in the edition: no empty cellreadback.<table>.attached_values: every attached value in the saved file is looked up again from the sources and equalgovscot.2020v2.bands.education.vigintile.whole: every published band is a whole numbergovscot.2020v2.bands.education.vigintile.range: every published band is within its rangegovscot.2020v2.bands.education.vigintile.monotone: the published band never falls as the published rank rises (a split tie is allowed)join.<table>.simd2020v2_education_domain_vigintile.range: every joined band is within its range