{"schemaVersion":"1.0","type":"DataStory","id":"unequal-in-the-everyday","title":"Unequal in the everyday","description":"Deprivation, school absence, anxiety and healthy life expectancy illuminate different scales of inequality.","introduction":"Neighbourhood indices, pupil records, survey wellbeing and population health estimates should never be merged into a league table. Their juxtaposition can still reveal which questions deserve closer local attention.","category":"People","canonical":"https://londongraph.com/story/unequal-in-the-everyday","markdown":"https://londongraph.com/story/unequal-in-the-everyday/index.html.md","updatedAt":"2026-08-01T14:54:37.560Z","caveat":"The measures use different populations, geographies and uncertainty. Their co-location cannot establish causation or identify the circumstances of an individual resident or pupil.","evidence":[{"dataset":"deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood","graphSlug":"deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood","label":"Relative deprivation","text":"The 2025 English Indices of Deprivation score at neighbourhood level.","shape":"area","metric":"imd_score","unit":"relative score","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood","claim":{"dataset":"deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood","graphSlug":"deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood","label":"Relative deprivation","text":"The 2025 English Indices of Deprivation score at neighbourhood level.","headlineLabel":"Brent 021B","value":71.307,"unit":"relative score","period":"2025","comparisonLabel":"London median","comparisonValue":21.2815,"caveat":null,"release":{"updatedAt":"2026-08-01T14:54:37.560Z","resourceUrl":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ded56d140bbbaa59a2a7d/File_7_IoD2025_All_Ranks_Scores_Deciles_Population_Denominators.csv","methodologyUrl":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025","releaseLabel":"English Indices of Deprivation 2025 — corrected File 7","sourcePublishedAt":null,"resourceChecksum":"b1b716aa2e476449f987b9de3e08255b4794eabfd270626de5de18b2f5eff3ef"}}},{"dataset":"persistent-absence","graphSlug":"children-who-are-not-in-school","label":"Persistent absence","text":"The published borough percentage of pupils persistently absent.","shape":"area","metric":"persistent","unit":"%","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/children-who-are-not-in-school","claim":null},{"dataset":"anxiety-by-borough","graphSlug":"the-anxiety-map","label":"Mean anxiety","text":"Survey-based borough mean anxiety score with the published small-sample warning.","shape":"area","metric":"value","unit":"out of 10","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/the-anxiety-map","claim":null},{"dataset":"healthy-expectancy","graphSlug":"how-many-of-those-years-are-good-ones","label":"Healthy life expectancy","text":"Population estimates of years expected in good health.","shape":"latest","graph":"https://londongraph.com/g/how-many-of-those-years-are-good-ones","claim":{"dataset":"healthy-expectancy","graphSlug":"how-many-of-those-years-are-good-ones","label":"Healthy life expectancy","text":"Population estimates of years expected in good health.","headlineLabel":"Greenwich","value":57.5,"unit":"healthy years at birth","period":"Greenwich","comparisonLabel":null,"comparisonValue":null,"caveat":null,"release":{"updatedAt":"2026-07-31T23:36:47.619Z","resourceUrl":null,"methodologyUrl":null,"releaseLabel":null,"sourcePublishedAt":null,"resourceChecksum":null}}}],"sources":[{"name":"MHCLG","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025","graphSlug":"deprivation-neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood"},{"name":"Department for Education","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/","graphSlug":"children-who-are-not-in-school"},{"name":"ONS","url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing","graphSlug":"the-anxiety-map"},{"name":"OHID Fingertips","url":"https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/","graphSlug":"how-many-of-those-years-are-good-ones"}]}