Analysis

Claimant Rate

Percentage of working-age population claiming unemployment-related benefits

welfareUnit: %Source: NOMIS

The metrics below move with Claimant Rate across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Universal Credit %social	very_strong	0.89	341
2	Births — Non-UK-born Motherdemographic	very_strong	0.83	523
3	Common mental disorders prevalence (16+)health	very_strong	0.83	491
4	Unemployed %economy	very_strong	0.81	523
5	Muslim (Census 2021)religion

Strongest negative correlatesMove in opposite directions

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Deprivation (IMD)social	strong	-0.78	491
2	Net Internal Migrationdemographic	strong	-0.78	516
3	Net Fiscal Balance — Extended Working Projectionprojection	strong	-0.69	514
4	Net Fiscal Balance — High Migration Projection

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Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
Click any correlate to explore its drivers and walk the network of relationships.

Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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