Publication - Statistics

Children in families with limited resources

Published: 28 February 2019
Topic: Children and families, Equality and rights

Estimates of the proportion of children who live in families with limited resources by local authority area, health board and household characteristics.

The documents below contain:

Main tables - 2014-2017 and 2017-2019 estimates of the proportion of children who live in families with limited resources by local authority area, health board and household characteristics.

Please note that these statistics replace the previously published experimental statistics 'children in families with limited resources across Scotland 2014-2016' (released in November 2017).

Supplementary tables & funnel plots - Local authority-level tables and charts providing additional detail on the two components of the limited resources measure - low income and not being able to afford basic necessities.

Updated tables for 2017-2019 will be published shortly.

Methodology - supporting documentation on development of the limited resources local measure.