Scottish Child Payment: interim evaluation

Annex A: Additional statistical information

Notes which apply to more than one statistical table are presented at the beginning of Annex A, as can be seen below. Notes which apply to only one statistical table are presented underneath the relevant table.

Notes – all tables

• Figures are rounded for disclosure control and may not sum due to rounding.
• Figures have been rounded to the nearest one percent – figures may not sum due to rounding.

Notes – table 1, tables 10-11

• This secondary analysis was carried out using the same data used in the production of the Scottish Child Payment Official Statistics publication.

Notes – table 1-11

• The total percentage of approved applications has been calculated by dividing the number of approved applications for each variable category by the total number of approved applications. For example, in Table 2, to calculate the percentage of approved applications for those identifying as a ‘man’, 2,300 (i.e. the number of approved applications for those identifying as a ‘man’) is divided by 29,955 (i.e. the total number of approved applications).

Notes – tables 2-9

• This secondary analysis was carried out using the same data used in the production of the Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis to May 2021.

Notes – table 1

• This secondary analysis was carried out using rounded the data in the Scottish Child Payment Official Statistics publication
• [c] Figures suppressed for disclosure control
• Age is unknown where date of birth is missing or incorrect (e.g. child date of birth has been input instead of applicant date of birth).

Notes – table 7

• In Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis Urban Rural data is presented based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification, 8-fold. In Table 7 it is based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification, 6-fold. The 6-fold data in Table 6 has been calculated by aggregating the following items from the 8-fold data:
  • ‘4 - Remote Small Town’, and ‘5 - Very Remote Small Town’
  • ‘7 - Remote Rural Area’, and ‘8 - Very Remote Rural Area’

Notes – table 8

• In Social Security Scotland client diversity and equalities analysis SIMD data is presented based on SIMD Deciles. In Table 8 it is based on SIMD Quintiles. SIMD Quintiles data in Table 8 has been calculated by aggregating the following from the SIMD Deciles data:
  • Deciles 1 and 2 data, for Quintile 1
  • Deciles 3 and 4 data, for Quintile 2
  • Deciles 5 and 6 data, for Quintile 3
  • Deciles 7 and 8 data, for Quintile 4
  • Deciles 9 and 10 data, for Quintile 5

Notes – table 10

• Whether an applicant is assumed to be lone parent or not is based on the presence (or absence) of a data field called "Partner Flag". Since it is possible for applicants to not fill in information about their partners, overestimation of lone parents can occur and thus caution is needed when interpreting these figures.

Notes – table 11

• Whether an applicant has any child aged zero at the time of application submission or not is based on the child information within the application form.
• The age of any child per application form is unknown when clients incorrectly or did not record information about their children.

Notes – table 12

• This data is taken from the Scottish Child Payment Official Statistics publication.
• Processed applications exclude cases where a re-determination was requested i.e. approximately 0.4% of processed applications.
• Data is presented by the month of decision rather than month the application was received.
• Median average has been used. The median is the middle value of an ordered dataset, or the point at which half of the values are higher and half of the values are lower.

How to access background or source data

The data collected for this social research publication may be made available on request, subject to consideration of legal and ethical factors. Please contact social_research@gov.scot for further information.