Coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation measures among children and young people: evidence base summary
Summary of the Scottish evidence base on the COVID-19 mitigation measures aimed at children and young people in Scotland
Footnotes
1 Weekly Scottish data on testing and positive COVID-19 cases among children and young people of educational age is available in the COVID-19 Education Surveillance Report, published by Public Health Scotland.
3 The data were weighted by gender, year group, urban-rural classification, and SIMD classification.
5 Female participants were slightly overrepresented (61%).
6 TeenCovidLife: Survey 2 Results | The University of Edinburgh
7 CAHSS funds nine innovative COVID-19 knowledge-exchange projects
8 Including Southampton, Winchester, Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham, Greater London, Edinburgh and the Lothians, Glasgow, and Fife.
9 Enable, Partners in Advocacy, Scottish Woman’s Aid, Shakti Woman’s Aid, Scottish Refugee Council, Article 12, Lickety Spit, Parent Network Scotland, Home Start.
10 Data collection took place in different Scottish regions, including Angus, Dundee, East Lothian, East Dunbartonshire, Edinburgh Area and City, Fife, Glasgow Area and City, Highland, Shetland, and Wigtownshire.
11 The survey is conducted online via YouGov, interviewing c.1,000 adults 18+ across Scotland each week. Fieldwork dates are as shown, although a small number of interviews usually take place on the morning of the following day. YouGov apply weighting to the data to match the population profile to adjust for any over/under representations and to maximise consistency from wave to wave.
12 Correct rules in 23-24 February 2021 for under 12: Those who have returned to school or nursery need to follow the same rules as those who have not returned; Those who have returned to school or nursery can meet with any number of other children outdoors as long as any adults follow the rules; When meeting up with someone from another household children under 12 do not count to towards the numbers; Under 12s who have not returned to school can meet with any number of other children to play outdoors as long as the adults follow the rules.
13 Correct rules in 23-24 March 2021 for under 12: Under 12s can still meet with any number of other children to play outdoors as long as the adults follow the rules; When meeting up with anyone from another household children under 12 do not count towards the numbers.
14 Sample sizes: 23-24 February 2021 145 parents with children under 12 years old; 23-24 February 2021 81 parents with children 12-17 years old. 23-24 March 2021 115 parents with children under 12 years old; 23-24 March 2021 57 parents with children 12-17 years old.
15 Sample sizes: 25-26 May 2021 147 parents with children under 12 years old; 25-26 May 2021 107 parents with children 12-17 years old.
16 Correct rules in 25-26 May 2021 for under 12: Children under 12 count towards the number of households, but not the number of people when meeting indoors; Children under 12 don’t count towards the number of people, or the number of households – they can meet in unrestricted numbers when meeting outdoors.
17 Correct rules in 23-24 February 2021 for 12-17 years old: Those who have returned to school or nursery need to follow the same rules as those who have not returned; 12-17 year olds can meet with one other 12-17 year old at a time outdoors.
18 Correct rules in 23-24 March 2021 for 12-17 years old: 12-17 year olds can meet in a group up to four 12-17 year olds from up to four households outdoors.
19 Correct rules in 25-26 May for 12-17 years old: 12-17 year olds must follow the same restrictions in number of people and households as those aged 18 years or over when meeting indoors and outdoors.
20 Sample sizes: 6-7 October 198 parents; 6-7 April 194 parents.
21 Lockdown Lowdown: the Voices of Seldom Heard groups
22 COVID-19 Early Years Resilience and Impact Survey (CEYRIS) (publichealthscotland.scot)
23 The sample included slightly fewer 2 and 7-year old children and slightly more 3 and 4- year olds than the national benchmarking.
24 Sample sizes: 23-24 February 2021 176 parents; 9-10 March 2021 195 parents; 20-21 April 2021 215 parents.
25 43% of parents in the polling from 9-10 February 2021 (n=153); 46% from 2-3 March 2021 (n=160); 40% from 17-18 March 2021 (n=162); 42% from 20-21 April 2021 (n=206).
26 Sample sizes: 17-18 March 2021 141 parents; 20-21 April 2021 106 parents.
27 Sample size 118 parents.
28 Sample size 120 parents.
29 Sample size 122 parents.
32 Weekly Poll – COVID-19: Face Coverings in Schools (Week Beginning 31 August)
34 Changes in the questionnaires regarding the options included in this question should be noted when making comparisons across time. Also codes marked as compliant in one week/month may not have been complaint previously.
Sample sizes: 16-17 February 2021 144 parents; 2-3 March 2021 156 parents; 30-31 March 2021 156 parents; 27-28 April 2021 115 parents.
35 Sample sizes: 19-20 January 2021 100 parents; 17-18 February 2021 114 parents; 2-3 March 2021 103 parents; 30-31 March 2021 78 parents; 27-28 April 2021 88 parents.
36 The questions were in the form of a 5 –point Likert scale for agreement including the following answers: Strongly agree, Tend to agree, Neither agree nor disagree, Tend to disagree, Strongly disagree. For this report, where we say ‘disagree’ we mean tend to/strongly disagree and where we say ‘agree’ we mean tend to/strongly agree.
37 We only report relationships between variables that are statistically significant at 5% significance level.
38 The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) ranks data zones from most deprived (ranked 1) to least deprived (rank 5).
39 This finding should be read with caution as the sample size for white pupils is 1,235 and for non-white pupils 75.
40 Sample sizes: 11-12 May 2021 209 parents overall with children under 18, 105 with children between 12-17 years old.
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