OPIMD calculator

The Older People’s Index of Multiple Deprivation (OPIMD) is a new measure designed to identify concentrations of deprivation among people aged 65 and over in New Zealand. The OPIMD measures deprivation at the individual level with aggregated results available at various geographic scales. For more information, see https://hgd.auckland.ac.nz/opimd/

Income

Question	Yes	No
Did you receive an income-tested supplementary benefit in Sept 2013?
Did you live in a low income (<$34,680pa) household in March 2013 (60% of the 2013 median)?
Did you receive a Main Benefit in March 2013?

Housing

Question	Yes	No
Did you live in a household that was overcrowded in March 2013?
Did anyone in your household use any fuels (e.g. wood, coal) to heat your home?
Did you live in a household that paid rent or mortgage in March 2013?

Health

Question	Yes	No
Did you have two or more falls between 2011 and 2015 for which an ACC claim was accepted?
Have you had one or more cancer diagnosis registered in the Cancer Register (coverage period 1995-2015)?
Did you have three or more hospitalisations in the 5 years between 2011 and 2015 (excluding for falls or for cancers)?
Were you prescribed five or more long-term medicines in 2 consecutive quarters 1 Sep-30 Nov 2012 and 1 Dec 2012-28 Feb 2013?

Assets

Question	Yes	No
Did you own or partly own the dwelling you usually lived in, or hold it in a family trust, in March 2013?
Did you earn income from assets (a business, a rental, savings, investments, etc.) in the 12 months to March 2013?

Connectedness

Question	Yes	No
Did you live in a household that had access to the Internet in March 2013?
Did you live alone (in a one-person household in a private occupied dwelling) in March 2013?

Access

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Deciles explanation

Deciles were calculated by dividing the 433K New Zealanders over 65 into 10 groups, from least deprived to most deprived.