Gender Equality Measure

Captures gaps between women’s and men’s outcomes in a local authority, irrespective of the direction of (dis)advantage. View the GEIUK full report for more information.

Local authorities are grouped into deciles according to their scores and ranked from lowest (1) to highest (10). The 1st decile represents the bottom 10% of local authorities, while the 5th decile includes those around the national average in the middle range, and the 10th decile contains the top 10% of local authorities.