Editing East Midlands (section)

===Social deprivation===
[[File:University Park MMB X1 East Midlands Conference Centre.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The [[De Vere (hotel operator)|De Veres Venues]] East Midlands Conference Centre at the [[University of Nottingham]] in September 2012 ]]
The region as a whole is less deprived than the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] and regions in the [[North of England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609171001/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf|url-status=dead|title=LSOA deprivation data|archivedate=9 June 2012}}</ref> By measurement of [[Super Output Areas|Lower Layer Super Output Areas]], the East Midlands has more in common with the South of England (except London) than the North, in that it has more areas in the 20 per cent least deprived areas than the 20 per cent most deprived areas, but less so than regions in [[Southern England]]. This has been explained by academic statisticians, who claim the area straddles the [[north–south divide]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/nsdivide/index.html |title=North–south divide |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421223738/http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/nsdivide/index.html |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The region does not show typical economic characteristics of Northern England (which the West Midlands does), although it is not as affluent as large parts of the South of England. Economically, the East Midlands bears a similarity to [[South West England]].

In March 2011, the average [[Jobseeker's Allowance|unemployment claimant]] count for the region was 3.6 per cent. Nottingham and Leicester were the highest with 5.8 per cent each. Next were [[Borough of Corby|Corby]] and [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] with 4.9 per cent. The lowest were Rutland and [[South Northamptonshire]] with 1.4 per cent each, and [[Harborough District|Harborough]], with 1.6 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/downloads/Table6-18.xls|title=Claimant count}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>