Tackling child poverty priority families overview
An overview of evidence on the six priority family types identified as being at higher risk of child poverty. Slide deck can be found in the supporting documents.
Sources
Introduction, Progress towards Child Poverty Targets in Scotland, The priority family types identified continue to be at highest risk of child poverty
Tackling child poverty delivery plan: fourth year progress report 2021 to 2022
Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022-2026 - annex 6: what works - evidence review
Additional child poverty analysis 2024
What do we know about in-work poverty in Scotland? Interim findings, SG 2019
Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019
Minority ethnic families
First year Progress Report 2018-19 Annex C Child Poverty In Minority Ethnic Families
Ethnicity and poverty in Scotland analysis and reflection on the impact of Covid-19, CRER 2020
Lone parents
Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan Second year progress report 2019-20 Annex C – Child poverty among lone parent families
Poverty in Scotland 2022 | JRF // Freeing low-income single parents from in-work poverty’s grip, JRF 2021
Disabled person
Disability and employment, UK - Office for National Statistics
Cost of living: Impact of rising costs on disabled people - House of Lords Library
Report on key findings from the cost of living survey
Families with three or more children
NHS Health Scotland: Child poverty in Scotland: priority groups – larger families 2019
Scottish Household Survey, 2019
Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2018-22 Annex 2 – Technical Annex
Child poverty transitions: exploring the routes into and out of poverty 2009 to 2012, Barnes, M., Lord, C. and Chanfreau, J. 2015
Food Insecurity Tracking | Food Foundation // Family Resources Survey - GOV.UK
Families with child under one
Gender and Work in Scotland: Findings from Understanding Society, 2019
Growing Up in Scotland: Patterns of Maternal Employment and Barriers to Paid Work 2017
Cost of childcare, Pregnant Then Screwed 2020
Joint briefing on the impact of COVID-19 on women’s wellbeing, Close the Gap and Engender 2021
Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2018-22 Annex 2 – Technical Annex
Cost of living briefing note May 2022
Families with mothers aged under 25
Joint briefing on the impact of COVID-19 on women’s wellbeing, Close the Gap and Engender 2021
GUS The Experiences of Mothers Aged Under 20, 2014
Prevalence and Social Inequality in Experiences of Domestic Abuse Among Mothers of Young Children: A Study Using National Survey Data from Scotland, Skafida, V., Morrison, F., Devaney, J., 2021
Babies in Lockdown - Listening to parents to build back better, Home-Start 2020
Weathering the Storm, Poverty Alliance 2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - experiences of vulnerable children, young people, and parents, SG 2021
Personal and economic well-being in Great Britain: January 2021
Contact
Email: social-justice-analysis@gov.scot Twitter: @EqualityPovertyThere is a problem
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