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Baby Box: evaluation

Evaluation conducted by Ipsos MORI to assess the impact of the Baby Box scheme in Scotland on its short- and medium-term outcomes.

Appendix B – Profile of parent interviewees and survey respondents

Table B.1: Profile of parents who took part in the quantitative survey
Characteristic	Characteristics Breakdown	Participants Unweighted	Participants Weighted
Maternal age	16-24	248	313
	25-29	529	564
	30-34	770	745
	35+	665	591
Baby age	0-3 months	679	675
	4-6 months	954	946
	7-9 months	577	589
	10+ months	9	10
Annual household income	Group 1: < £15,600	312	352
	Group 2: £15,600 - £25,999	480	490
	Group 3: £26,000 - £36,399	388	384
	Group 4: £36,400 – £51,999	382	363
	Group 5: £52,000+	373	339
First baby?	Yes	1122	1134
First baby?	No	1109	1098
Living with husband, wife or partner	Yes	1983	1944
Living with husband, wife or partner	No	242	281
Respondent working status	Working full time (or on maternity/paternity leave)	1255	1225
	Working full time (or on maternity/paternity leave)	572	572
	Not working (or < 8 hours p/w)	397	426
Area characteristics	Urban	1630	1637
	Small town	262	257
	Rural	318	316
SIMD	1 (most deprived)	432	539
	2	475	462
	3	401	403
	4	420	402
	5 (least deprived)	453	375
Health board	Ayrshire and Arran	122	136
	Borders	51	42
	Dumfries and Galloway	47	51
	Fife	148	141
	Forth Valley	120	116
	Grampian	248	248
	Greater Glasgow and Clyde	510	550
	Highland	104	107
	Lanarkshire	216	259
	Lothian	481	391
	Orkney	8	9
	Shetland	10	11
	Tayside	163	163
	Western Isles (Eilean Siar)	8	9
Total		2236	2236^[37]

Table B.2: Profile of parents who took part in a qualitative interview
Characteristic	Characteristics Breakdown	Participants
Maternal age	16-24	5
	25-29	14
	30-34	11
	35+	6
Annual household income	Group 1: < £15,600	7
	Group 2: £15,600 - £25,999	10
	Group 3: £26,000 - £36,399	4
	Group 4: £36,400 – £51,999	8
	Group 5: £52,000+	7
First baby?	Yes	22
First baby?	No	14
Area characteristics	Urban	18
	Small town	12
	Rural	6
Saved me money on things I would have otherwise had to buy^[38]	Agree	28
	Disagree	6^[39]
Used box for sleeping?	Yes	17
Used box for sleeping?	No	19
Total		36

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