Tackling child poverty - third year progress report : annex B - child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child
Evidence about child poverty in families with a disabled adult or child. The report presents the latest data on the child poverty targets and includes further evidence on the drivers of child poverty among this priority group.
References
We have linked to web pages wherever possible, but please be aware that some of the links below lead directly to PDFs instead.
1. Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
2. Tackling child poverty: first year progress report - Annex B - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
3. Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
4. 2017-20. Parents here refer to those who live with their dependent children.
5. Scottish Health Survey 2019: supplementary tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
6. Standard Outputs | Census Data Explorer | Scotland's Census;
7. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
8. SSCQ figures for 2019 are: 28% of adults in a single parent family, 14% in a small family and 26% in a large family household.
9. Scottish Health Survey 2019: supplementary tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
10. Unpublished analysis of the SHS 2019.
11. Coronavirus (COVID-19): impact on equality (research) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot);
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12. See 'Children in poverty after housing costs who are in more than one priority group', here: Additional child poverty analysis 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
13. Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
14. Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) ; 58% figure calculated from rounded numbers in Table 1.
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Report_COVID19FoodInsecurity-final.pdf (foodfoundation.org.uk);
Supercharged: a human catastrophe - summary report Glasgow Disability Alliance (gda.scot);
Disabled Women and Covid- 19 - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk);
The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19 | The British Academy
16. Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
17. Data on persistent poverty focuses only on households where the disabled person in the family unit is the adult. No persistent poverty data on disabled children is collected in the Understanding Society Survey.
18. The way in which information on disabled people is collected changed several times. This causes breaks in the time series and care needs to be taken when considering long-term trends. More detail can be found on pp.34-36 in the following report: Households Below Average Income: 1994/95 to 2015/16 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
19. Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
20. Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Personal Independence Payments.
21. See Table 33 in 'All data' spreadsheet, available here: Download data
22. Child poverty measurement framework – Indicator updates, at: Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
23. Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
24. Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
25. Child poverty measurement framework – Indicator updates, at: Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
26. Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
27. Includes people who were either unemployed (actively seeking work and available to start), looking for work but are unavailable to start straight away, and those who are not actively looking, but would like a job (except those out of work due to family and home commitments). Which groups find it hardest to find a job following a period out of work? - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
28. Unpublished analysis of the Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec household datasets (ONS), 2019.
29. Unpublished analysis of the Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec household datasets (ONS), 2019.
30. Locked out of the labour market (leonardcheshire.org);
An unequal crisis - Citizens Advice;
PowerPoint Presentation (equalityadvisoryservice.com);
Poverty and Covid-19 - Social Metrics Commission;
The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19 | The British Academy;
Disabled mothers three times more likely to have lost work during the pandemic | The Fawcett Society;
Poverty in Scotland 2020 | JRF;
Which jobs are most likely to have seen a drop in pay during the pandemic? (ons.gov.uk)
31. Labour market monthly briefing: April 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
32. Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
33. Unpublished analysis of the Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec household datasets (ONS), 2019.
34. Scotland's employment landscape for people with learning disabilities | Fraser of Allander Institute;
35. Reichman, Corman & Noonan, 2008. Impact of Child Disability on the Family. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 12, 679-683. The Impact of Disability on the Lives of Young Children: Analysis of Growing Up in Scotland Data - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) ; Corman, Noonan, & Reichman, 2005. Mothers' Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health. Eastern Economic Journal, 31: 601-616 ; Noonan, Reichman & Corman, 2005. New Fathers' Labor Supply: Does Child Health Matter? Social Science Quarterly, 86: 1399–1417.
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37. #IncludED in the Main?! Available at: Reports & Factsheets | ENABLE Scotland
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Life Opportunities Survey - Wave on results, 2009/2011 (publishing.service.gov.uk);
Activate-FINAL.pdf (inclusionscotland.org);
38. How flexible hiring could improve business performance and living standards | JRF
39. It's not right that four million disabled people are locked in poverty | JRF
40. Scotland's employment landscape for people with learning disabilities | Fraser of Allander Institute
41. Scottish Social Attitudes 2015: Attitudes to discrimination andpositive action (www.gov.scot)
43. Life Opportunities Survey - Wave on results, 2009/2011 (publishing.service.gov.uk);
Activate-FINAL.pdf (inclusionscotland.org);
Scotland's employment landscape for people with learning disabilities | Fraser of Allander Institute;
The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19 | The British Academy
45. Scottish Health Survey 2019: supplementary tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Life Opportunities Survey - Wave on results, 2009/2011 (publishing.service.gov.uk);
Disabled workers' experiences during the pandemic | TUC;
47. Outcomes for disabled people in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
48. Life Opportunities Survey: wave 1 results - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
49. Based on SIMD 2012 for 2014/15 and 2015/16 and SIMD 2016 for 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. More information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation can be found at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD
51. Further Education: includes leavers undertaking full-time education which is not higher education and who are no longer on a school roll. This may include National Qualifications.
Higher Education: includes leavers following HND (Higher National Diploma) or HNC (Higher National Certificate) courses, degree courses, courses for the education and training of teachers and higher level courses for professional qualifications. It includes programmes at a level higher than the standard of the National Qualifications, i.e. above SCQF Level 7. Leavers with a deferred, unconditional place in higher education have also been included in this category.
52. Pupil census: supplementary statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
53. As per the Additional Support for Learning Act.
54. Pupil census: supplementary statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/pages/0/
56. https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/pages/0/;
57. There is a range of guidance in place on additional support for learning which seeks to support schools, education authorities and parents and carers.
58. Additional support for learning: experiences of pupils and those that support them - gov.scot (www.gov.scot); these increases are likely due in part to continued improvements in recording and the introduction of additional need types. Pupil census: supplementary statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot); See Table 6.5. Teacher census supplementary statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
59. https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/pages/0/
60. #IncludED in the Main?! Available at: Reports & Factsheets | ENABLE Scotland; https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/pages/0/
61. https://www.gov.scot/publications/additional-support-learning-action-plan/
62. https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/pages/0/
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School exclusion statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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#IncludED in the Main?!. Available at: Reports & Factsheets | ENABLE Scotland;
65. #IncludED in the Main?!. Available at: Reports & Factsheets | ENABLE Scotland
66. The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19 | The British Academy;
67. Human rights and the coronavirus pandemic: letter to Government (equalityhumanrights.com)
68. Disabled Women and Covid- 19 - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)
69. Note that this only includes households who are paying for some type of childcare and does not include e.g. households who do not pay for additional childcare because they cannot afford it. This information refers to household childcare costs, so the costs may cover multiple children. The base number for households who answered this questions where there is someone with a long-term condition is only 97 so the data should be used with caution.
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Parents' views and use of early learning and childcare: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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Activate-FINAL.pdf (inclusionscotland.org)
77. Dare To Dream: Future Visions Briefing Note Glasgow Disability Alliance (gda.scot);
Health and Care Experience Survey: results 2019/2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
78. Coronavirus (COVID-19): impact on equality (research) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot);
80. Scottish Health Survey 2019: supplementary tables - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
81. Child poverty measurement framework – Indicator updates, at: Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
82. Scottish household survey 2019: key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
83. Disability Research on Independant Living & Learning (drilluk.org.uk)
84. Fuel bills referred to are based on modelled running costs to maintain a satisfactory heating regime and are not reported directly by the households in the survey. Under the fuel poverty definition, higher heating regimes are applied for households where someone has a long-term condition or is aged 75 or over than for other households in the survey. Averages provided are medians. Unpublished analysis of the Scottish House Condition Survey and Scottish House Condition Survey: additional analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
85. Data is not available to say whether there were any other disabled adults or children in the household.
86. Scotland's Wellbeing: national outcomes for disabled people - gov.scot (www.gov.scot);
Disabled people's costs of living | JRF
87. MS Society External template (wordpress.com)
88. Child poverty measurement framework – Indicator updates, at: Additional child poverty analysis 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The financial impact of COVID-19 on disabled people and carers | JRF;
Disabled Women and Covid- 19 - Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk);
Supercharged: a human catastrophe - summary report Glasgow Disability Alliance (gda.scot)
90. Living from one pay day to the next | Citizens Advice Scotland (cas.org.uk)
91. High cost credit includes: catalogues or mail order schemes; hire or rental purchase agreements (like brighthouse); cash loan from a company that comes to your home to collect payments; and a loan from a pay day lender. The data for Indicators 16 and 17 are not available broken down according to whether or not someone had a limiting long-term condition.
92. Scottish household survey 2018: annual report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot);
Internet users, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
93. How social security can deliver for disabled people in Scotland | JRF
94. Welfare reform: impact report on benefits for disabled people - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
95. Destitution in the UK 2020 | JRF
97. Scottish Government will continue to explore methods in order to develop a systematic approach to enhancing the available data sources. Further information on this can be found in our Social Security: Benefit take-up strategy.
98. Social security: benefit take-up strategy (October 2019)
99. https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml
100. Scotland's Population | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)
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102. Microsoft Word - quest_report_final.doc (drilluk.org.uk)
103. https://www.gov.scot/collections/social-security-policy-position-papers/
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