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Chart showing the employment composition of the most employment deprived areas over time.
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Source:
Social Exclusion Unit (2004) The drivers of social exclusion Review of the literature for the Social Exclusion Unit in the Breaking the Cycle series: page 22 (Government report)
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/cabinetoffice/social_exclusion_task_force/assets/publications_1997_to_2006/drivers_literature.pdf
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Benefits & pitfalls to avoid
  • Line-charts imply that data is continuously changing. If your data is discrete you might consider a bar-chart instead.
  • When using colours to portray data values or types, ensure that the colors used are accessible to all users. Online tools such as ColorBrewer (www.colorbrewer.org) can help identify issues with colours used.
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  • Area charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.