Publication - Progress report
Child poverty strategy: annual report, 2016
The third annual report on the Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland, which was published in March 2014.
6. Annex: Child Poverty Measurement Framework - Data Sources And Years
| Maximising financial resources of families on low incomes (Pockets) | ||||||
| Baseline | Most recent | Baseline source year | Most recent source year | Data source | ||
| Maximised financial entitlements of families on low incomes | ||||||
| 1.1 | Percentage of working people earning less than Living Wage | 18.6% [14] | 20.1% | 2013 | 2016 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings ( ASHE) |
| Reduced household spend of families on low incomes | ||||||
| 2.1 | Average cost of 25 hours per week private nursery care for children aged two or over | £100.07 [15] | £104.06 | 2013 | 2015 | Childcare Costs Survey |
| Families on low incomes are managing finances appropriately and are accessing all financial entitlements | ||||||
| 3.1 | Percentage of households with children in bottom three income deciles who are not managing well financially | 35% | 25% | 2012 | 2015 | Scottish Household Survey ( SHS) |
| 3.2 | Percentage of households with children in bottom three income deciles where someone has a bank account | 90% | 95% | 2011 | 2015 | SHS |
| Parents are in good quality, sustained employment in line with skills and ambitions | ||||||
| 4.1 | Employment rate of adults with dependent children | 79.3% | 81.8% | 2012 | 2014 | Annual Population Survey ( APS) Household dataset |
| 4.2 | Underemployment rate of adults with dependent children | 8.4% | 6.8% | 2012 | 2014 | APS Household dataset |
| 4.3 | Earnings that go to the top 10% of earners, divided by the earnings of the bottom 10% (S90/S10) | 16.4 | 15.4 | 2013 | 2016 | ASHE |
| 4.4 | Percentage of adults with dependent children with low [16] or no qualifications ( SCQF level 4 or below) | 9.2% | 8.1% | 2012 | 2014 | APS Household dataset |
| Improved life chances of children in poverty (Prospects) | ||||||
| Baseline | Most recent | Baseline source year | Most recent source year | Data source | ||
| Children from low income households have improving levels of mental and physical health | ||||||
| 5.1 | Percentage of children aged 2-15 from households in bottom three income deciles with good or very good parent-assessed health | 91.8% | 91.3% | 2010 & 2011 (combined) | 2014 & 2015 (combined) | Scottish Health Survey ( SHeS) |
| 5.2 | Percentage of 13 and 15 year olds from the 20% most deprived SIMD datazones with below average scores (14-40) on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale ( WEMWBS) | 19% (revised [17] ) | 18% | 2010 | 2015 | Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey ( SALSUS) |
| 5.3 | Percentage of children aged 2-15 from households in bottom three income deciles eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day | 10.2% | 9.2% | 2010 & 2011 (combined) | 2014 & 2015 (combined) | SHeS |
| 5.4 | Percentage of children aged 2-15 from households in bottom three income deciles spending four or more hours at a screen per day | 14.1% | 14.6% | 2008 & 2010 (combined) | 2014 & 2015 (combined) | SHeS |
| 5.5 | Percentage of 15 year olds from the 20% most deprived SIMD datazones smoking at least one cigarette a week | 16% (revised [18] ) | 10% | 2010 | 2015 | SALSUS |
| Children from low income households experience social inclusion and display social competence | ||||||
| 6.1 | Percentage of children aged 2-15 from households in bottom three income deciles who have played sport in the last week | 58.2% | 56.4% | 2010 & 2011 (combined) | 2014 & 2015 (combined) | SHeS |
| 6.2 | Percentage of 11, 13 and 15 year olds from bottom third of family affluence scale that find it easy to talk to mother or stepmother | 80.0% | 79.4% | 2010 | 2014 | Health Behaviours of School-aged Children Study ( HBSC) |
| 6.3 | Percentage of 11, 13 and 15 year olds from bottom third of family affluence scale [19] who agree that pupils in class accept them as they are | 71.1% | 62.6% | 2010 | 2014 | HBSC |
| Children from low income households have improving relative levels of educational attainment, achieving their full potential | ||||||
| 7.1 | Percentage of P7 pupils from the 30% most deprived SIMD datazones performing well or very well in numeracy | 61.4% | 54.3% | 2011 | 2015 | Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy ( SSLN) |
| 7.2 | Percentage of P7 pupils from the 30% most deprived SIMD datazones performing well or very well in reading | 81.6% | 81.4% | 2012 | 2014 | SSLN |
| 7.3 | Percentage of P7 pupils from the 30% most deprived SIMD datazones performing well, very well or beyond the level in writing | 60.9% | 56.3% | 2012 | 2014 | SSLN |
| 7.4 | Mean Strengths and Difficulties score for children aged 4-12 from households in bottom three income deciles | 9.4 | 9.1 | 2010 & 2011 (combined) | 2014 & 2015 (combined) | SHeS |
| 7.5 | Percentage of adults from households with children in bottom three income deciles that are satisfied with local schools | 91% | 86% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| Children from low income backgrounds are in good quality, sustained employment in line with skills and ambitions | ||||||
| 8.1 | Percentage of school leavers from 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who are in a positive destination approximately nine months after leaving school | 82.4% (revised [20] ) | 86.1% | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | Scottish Government publication: Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living |
| 8.2 | Percentage of 15 year olds from bottom third of family affluence scale who think they will be in positive destinations after leaving school | 86.4% | 86.6% | 2010 | 2014 | HBSC |
| 8.3 | Modern Apprenticeship starts | 25,284 | 25,818 | 2013/14 | 2015/16 | Skills Development Scotland |
| 8.4 | Modern Apprenticeship completion rate | 77% | 76% | 2013/14 | 2015/16 | Skills Development Scotland |
| Children from low income households live in well-designed sustainable places (Places) | ||||||
| Baseline | Most recent | Baseline source year | Most recent source year | Data source | ||
| Children from low income households live in high quality, sustainable housing | ||||||
| 9.1 | Average percentage of income spent on housing | 9.8% | 9.1% | 2011/12 | 2014/15 | Family Resources Survey ( FRS) |
| 9.2 | Percentage of households in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones satisfied with condition of home | 69% | 71% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| Children from low income households grow up in places that are socially sustainable | ||||||
| 10.1 | Percentage of adults in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who agree they can influence decisions affecting their local area | 21% | 24% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| 10.2 | Percentage of 13 and 15 years olds from 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who agree that people in their area say hello and talk to each other on the street | 63.8% | 64.0% | 2010 | 2014 | HBSC |
| 10.3 | Percentage of adults in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who have been the victim of one or more crimes in the past year | 21.3% | 21.2% | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | Scottish Crime and Justice Survey ( SCJS) |
| 10.4 | Percentage of adults in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who say drug misuse or dealing is common in their neighbourhood | 34% | 27% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| Children from low income households grow up in places that are physically sustainable | ||||||
| 11.1 | Percentage of adults in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who say their neighbourhood is a good place to live | 80% | 84% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| 11.2 | Percentage of households in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones satisfied with quality of local public transport | 76% | 80% | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
| 11.3 | Percentage of adults in 15% most deprived SIMD datazones who can access green space within a five-minute walk or less | 60% (change in indicator from 2012) | 59% | 2013 (change in indicator from 2012) | 2015 | SHS |
| Children from low income households grow up in places that are economically sustainable | ||||||
| 12.1 | Gap in employment rate between 15% most deprived and rest of Scotland | 19.5 percentage points | 16.0 percentage points | 2012 | 2015 | APS |
| 12.2 | Gap in percentage of adults with low or no qualifications between 15% most deprived SIMD datazones and rest of Scotland | 15.8 percentage points | 14.2 percentage points | 2012 | 2015 | APS |
| 12.3 | Gap in personal internet use between 15% most deprived SIMD datazones and rest of Scotland | 12 percentage points | 12 percentage points | 2012 | 2015 | SHS |
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