Parental Involvement and Engagement Census Scotland 2021/22
Statistical publication providing information on the Parental Involvement and Engagement Census 2021/22.
Response Rate
In 2021/22, 38,657 responses were received. Due to the method of implementation, it is not possible to calculate response rates. All parents/carers were invited to respond, based on the local authority promotional/communication methods.
There is no national sample frame of parents/carers with primary and secondary aged children in local authority schools in Scotland. Estimates of the potential number of parents/carers from the 2011 population census indicate 341,000 parents/carers of dependent children aged 5 – 11 years, and 302,000 parents/carers of dependent children aged 12-18 years. This estimate is based on 2011 census count of 200,715 households with dependent children aged 5-11 years and 178,671 households with dependent children aged 12-15.
Additionally parents/carers with more than one child in the same school were asked to respond based on their experience of involvement and engagement with the school for one of their children attending that school. Parents/carers with children in different schools were invited to respond for each school their children attend. Where possible, both parents/carers were invited to respond.
Table 1 below sets out the number of responses received by parental characteristic.
Table 1: Distribution of response by parental characteristic
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Percentage of all respondents |
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Scotland |
|
38,657 |
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School type |
Primary school |
65% |
|
|
Secondary school |
33% |
|
|
Special school or support unit |
1% |
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|
|
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Deprivation (SIMD quintile) |
SIMD1 (Most deprived) |
14% |
|
|
SIMD2 |
12% |
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SIMD3 |
14% |
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|
SIMD4 |
15% |
|
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SIMD5 (Least deprived) |
16% |
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NA |
29% |
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|
|
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Sex |
Female |
69% |
|
|
Male |
8% |
|
|
Prefer not to say or NA |
23% |
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|
|
|
|
Age |
up to 24 years old |
0% |
|
|
25 to 34 years old |
11% |
|
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35 to 44 years old |
39% |
|
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45 to 54 years old |
24% |
|
|
55 to 64 years old |
3% |
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65 and above |
0% |
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Prefer not to say or NA |
22% |
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|
|
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Ethnic group |
White |
72% |
|
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African |
1% |
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Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British |
2% |
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Caribbean or Black |
0% |
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Mixed or multiple ethnic groups |
1% |
|
|
Other ethnic group |
0% |
|
|
Prefer not to say or NA |
23% |
All respondents provided a response to the sector and school name questions. Nearly a quarter of respondents either selected “Prefer not to say” or did not respond to the personal characteristics questions.
Contact
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Email: school.stats@gov.scot
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Office of the Chief Statistician
Telephone: 0131 244 0442
e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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