Developing a local child poverty action report: guidance

Data sources

National resources

Statistics, research and analysis on child poverty:

Child Poverty Analysis (Scot Gov) - Statistics, research and analysis relating to child poverty in Scotland.

Scottish Government open data publishing platform - Explore, visualise and download over 250 datasets from a range of producers.

Scottish Household Survey - A summary of the key findings from the Scottish Household Survey 2020 telephone survey.

Scottish Public Health Observatory - Data covering several important influential aspects of life circumstances including deprivation, housing and education.

Improvement Service Community Planning Outcomes Profiles - A data and benchmarking tool to help community planning partnerships assess if the lives of people in their communities are improving.

PHS Prioritising Child Poverty Data Source - Data source from joint PHS and Inverclyde Council project – includes links and guidance on accessing relevant data sources.

Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - A collection of documents relating to the Scottish Health Survey (SheS) which provide a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population in private households

Local child poverty data sources

Scottish Government dashboard of local data relevant to child poverty

Improvement Service data-zone level map showing Children in Low Income Households

HMRC Child and working tax credits statistics - Number of children in receipt of tax credits, by local authority

Children with families with limited resources across Scotland 2017-2019 - Estimates of the proportion of children who live in families with limited resources by local authority area, health board and household characteristics

End Child Poverty local poverty estimates 2015-2021 - Estimates of child poverty, after housing costs, in each constituency, local authority and ward

DWP/HMRC Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014-21 - Annual statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families, before housing costs

Local level household income estimates - Local level household income estimates and income distribution data

Local data on drivers of child poverty

Take-up of benefits

• Healthy Living Survey – Uptake of free school meals
• Pupil census - Statistics on school pupil characteristics, including registration for free school meals

Hourly pay

• Annual survey of hours and earnings – Employees paid less than the living wage

Hours worked per household

• Annual population survey – Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity rates, reasons for inactivity, willingness to work, work pattern (part-time/full-time), underemployment, temporary contract

Skills and qualifications

• Annual population survey – Qualifications and occupational skill level of working age adults
• School attainment and school leaver destinations

Availability of affordable, accessible transport and childcare

• Summary statistics for schools in Scotland – Uptake of funded early learning and childcare entitlement
• Availability and frequency of bus service (by data zone)
• Mode of transport people use to get to work
• Scottish Household Survey – Satisfaction with public transport

Housing costs

• Registers of Scotland House Price Statistics
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme Statistics

Other costs of living

• Scottish Household Condition Survey – fuel poverty