I am looking at Deprivation in the UK and there is some good data in the form of spreadsheets on this website http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/indices2010
I would like to know how i can transfer some of the data into a shapefile??
Best Answer
If there is no spatial data associated with it, you'll need to have some kind of geographical data to 'bind' it to. The LSOA data column, in some of that data, links it to an object in the local authority, which suggests to me you'll struggle to do this, without the 'linked' spatial data inferred.
The data you need is LSOA data:
I'd go back to that site and try and get hold if it, as once you have this LSOA data, you cna bind your statistical data to it.
For completeness
Please see this study
There are four geographies that will be discussed in this study. The bottom three are part of the statistical hierarchy: