Fair Start Scotland: evaluation report 4 - participant phone survey - year 3

Footnotes

1. Where findings are reported as "more/less likely than average" the test is between the figure reported and the average of the other categories in that sub-group.

2. Priority families lone parents, young parents (under 25 years old), parents from minority ethnic groups, parents with a disability / health condition, families with three or more children, and families with a child under 12 months of age.

3. Participants were not asked about their parental status in Wave 1

4. Participants were not asked about their reasons for signing up at Wave 2

5. The following types of support were introduced in the Wave 2 survey for the 2019 cohort so comparisons cannot be made with the 2018 cohort: Specialist support for a mental health condition; specialist support for a physical health condition; help with managing finances or dealing with debt.

6. Within FSS a job outcome is classed as 16 hours or more, therefore anyone moving into a job of fewer than 16 hours is still classed as not working and remains eligible for pre-employment support

7. Due to small base sizes it is not possible to comment on differences between groups of participants or among different FSS Lots for those who were offered or took up in-work support. It is also not possible to compare findings across 2018, 2019 and 2020 cohorts.

8. Please note that results on the usefulness of support types have low bases sizes

9. https://www.gov.scot/publications/creating-fairer-scotland-new-future-employability-support-scotland/pages/3/

10. Changes over time within the same cohorts (2018 and 2019) are provided in later chapters

11. The figures in the occupational groups have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage, as a result some of the occupation groups do not match the sum of the hierarchical groups.

12. Changes over time within the same cohorts (2018 and 2019) are provided in later chapters.

13. The threshold is measured slightly differently to Wave 2.At Wave 3, forty-nine per cent of new participants were earning more than £9.31 per hour or £18,136 per annum for a full-time job).

14. Within FSS a job outcome is classed as 16 hours or more, therefore anyone moving into a job of fewer than 16 hours is still classed as not working and remains eligible for pre-employment support.

15. Excluding barriers reported by ten or fewer participants

16. The original JSSE Index was developed at the University of Michigan (Vinokur et al., 1995) and contained six items. This was modified by R. Birkin and M. Meehan in 2014 with the addition of three items to address using IT for job search and job applications, and also getting help to become familiar with a new job.

17. Within FSS a job outcome is classed as 16 hours or more, therefore anyone moving into a job of fewer than 16 hours is still classed as not working and remains eligible for pre-employment support.

18. Participants were asked to answer about their situation before the pandemic at Wave 2 as there was uncertainty about how long it would last.

19. Those with a weighted base of 30 or more

20. The original JSSE Index was developed at the University of Michigan (Vinokur et al., 1995) and contained six items. This was modified by R. Birkin and M. Meehan in 2014 with the addition of three items to address using IT for job search and job applications, and also getting help to become familiar with a new job.