Access to free period products: baseline survey results

Footnotes

1. The monitoring and evaluation strategy for access to period products (2021/22 – 2024/25) outlines the approach to evaluating and monitoring the implementation of The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021. More information is available here: Access to period products: monitoring and evaluation strategy 2021/22 to 2024/25 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. 'Young people' refers to the 12 to 15 years age group. 'Adults' represent respondents aged 16 years and over.

3. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is a tool that helps to identify areas of poverty and inequality across Scotland. It is a relative measure of deprivation across small areas. The measure looks at multiple deprivation which considers people having fewer resources and opportunities and not just 'low income'. More information is available here: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2016: introductory booklet - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. The Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification provides a consistent method of defining urban and rural areas across Scotland. The classification considers population and accessibility. The classification is available in multiple forms. In this report we use the 2-fold measure ('urban' and 'rural'). More information is available here: Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5. This sub-group consists of respondents who selected 'I sometimes haven't/I've hardly ever…been able to afford enough period products to continue with my day-to-day activities during my period.

6. The differences highlighted in this list are statistically significant. A statistically significant result indicates that differences are likely to represent a real difference between two groups and are not due to chance. Where results are statistically significant throughout this report this will be stated. If results are not statistically significant terms such as 'some variation' or 'slight difference' will be used to describe the variation between groups.

7. These respondents selected the following response options at QA3. 'I've normally been/I sometimes haven't/I've hardly ever.been able to afford to buy enough period products to continue with my day-to-day activities during my period'.