Consequences, risk factors, and geography of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)

Scottish Longitudinal NEET Study


Appendix 5 List of variables considered as a possible risk factor for Cohort 4

Variable Grouping
Birth weight group <2,900
>=2, 900 & <3, 200
>=3, 200 & <3, 500
>=3, 500 & <3, 800
>=3,800
2001 Census variables
Birth order First born
Second born
Third born
Fourth or later
Fathers educational qualification Absent
Degree/professional qualification
HNC/HND/SVQ level 4 or 5
Higher grade/CSYS/'A' level
Standard grade/'O' Grade/GCSE/CSE
None
Missing
Mothers educational qualification Absent
Degree/professional qualification
HNC/HND/SVQ level 4 or 5
Higher grade/CSYS/'A' level
Standard grade/'O' Grade/GCSE/CSE
None
Missing
Limiting long-term illness No
Yes
Household type Married couple
Other
Lone parent
Cohabiting couple
Household with a resident with a limiting long-term illness No
Yes
Self-reported health Good
Fairly good/Not good
Number of siblings 0
1
2
3 or more
Number of unpaid carers in household 0
1
2 or more
Number of employed adults in household 0
1
2 or more
Overcrowding >= 3 rooms more than required
2 rooms more than required
1 room more than required
0 rooms more than required
Less rooms than required
Tenure Owner occupier
Social renting
Private renting
2001 Census area measure
Carstairs quintile 1 - least deprived
2
3
4
5 - most deprived
2011 Census
Unpaid carer 0-19 hours per week
19 or more hours per week
2011 area measure
Local NEET rate <7.5%
>=7.5% & <13%
>=13% & <19%
>=19%
School Census data
Life event data
Teenage birth before end of 2010 No
Yes
Registered for free school meals No
Yes
English as a second language No
Yes
Attendance at special school No
Yes
Main difficulty in learning No
Yes
Proportion of attendance time recorded as absent <5%
>= 5% & <10%
>=10% & <20%
>=20%
Number of exclusions 0
1
2-3
>=4
Number of exam passes by school stage S4 at SCQF level 5 or above 0
1-3
4-6
>=7
Prescription Information Scotland
Prescription for antianxiety, depression No
Yes
Prescription for dependency (drug, alcohol, nicotine) No
Yes
Prescription for drug dependency No
Yes

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