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

Child poverty summary

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

Families by family type, regions of England and UK constituent countries - Office for National Statistics

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

Which groups find it hardest to find a job following a period out of work? - Office for National Statistics

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

Where’s the Credit?

Disabled person

Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan Third Year Progress Report 2020-21 Annex B: Child Poverty in Families with a Disabled Adult or Child

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

Tackling child poverty delivery plan: fourth year progress report 2021-2022 - focus report on households with babies 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

Insecure Labour the realities of insecure work for pregnant women and new mothers Maternity Action 2020

Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2018-22 Annex 2 – Technical Annex

Cost of living briefing note May 2022

Families with mothers aged under 25

Tackling child poverty delivery plan: fourth year progress report 2021-2022 - focus report on households with mothers aged 25 or under

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: @EqualityPoverty
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