Scottish Government Equality Outcomes: Age Evidence Review

Footnotes

i. The terms 'absolute' and 'relative' poverty are used here as defined by Scottish Government (2010) Child Poverty in Scotland: a brief overview of the evidence. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/304557/0107230.pdf

ii. Definitions of occupation groups can be found on pages 19-20 of the 2011 Labour Market Statistics:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0039/00396572.pdf

iii. 'Periods' refer to the quarters during which the survey took place. Each period overlaps the previous two periods, e.g. June to August, May to July, April to June.

iv. Definitions of occupation groups can be found on pages 19-20 of the 2011 Labour Market Statistics:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0039/00396572.pdf

v. The terms 'absolute' and 'relative' poverty are used here as defined by Scottish Government (2010) Child Poverty in Scotland: a brief overview of the evidence. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/304557/0107230.pdf

vi. A definition of fuel poverty can be found on page 8 of the following report:
Scottish Government (2012) Fuel Poverty Evidence Review. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0039/00398798.pdf

vii. Cited in the High Level Summary of Equality Statistics: 2006

viii. Cited in the High Level Summary of Equality Statistics: 2006

ix. Note that these data are not National Statistics.

x. Age 49 was used in 2010 and 2011; Age 50 for 2005-2008 and 2011/12.