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.
Child Poverty Measurement Framework - Performance at a Glance 2016
| Pockets | ⬌ 20.1% of working people earn less then Living Wage | ⬌ Average private nursery costs in real terms: £104.06 | ⬆ 25% of parent households are not managing financially | ⬌ 95% of parent households have a bank account |
| ⬆ Employment rate of parents 81.8% | ⬆ Underemployment rate of parents: 6.8% | ⬌ Earnings of top 10% are 15.4 times the earnings of the bottom 10% | ⬆ 8.1% of parents have low or no qualifications | |
| Prospects | ⬌ 91.3% of the poorest children are in good health | ⬌ 18% of the poorest children have below average mental health | ⬌ 9.2% of the poorest children eat five fruit and veg a day | ⬌ 14.6% of the poorest children spend 4+ hours at a screen per day |
| ⬆ 10% of children in the most deprived areas smoke 1+ cigarettes a week | ⬌ 56.4% of the poorest children played sport last week | ⬌ 79.4% of the poorest children find it easy to talk to their mother | ⬇ 62.6% of the poorest children feel accepted by pupils in their class | |
| ⬇ 54.3% of the poorest children perform well in numeracy | ⬌ 81.4% of the poorest children perform well in reading | ⬌ 56.3% of the poorest children perform well in writing | ⬌ Mean Strength and Difficulties score for the poorest children: 9.1 | |
| ⬌ 86% of poorest parent households are satisfied with local schools | ⬆ 86.1% of poorest school leavers are in positive destinations | ⬌ 86.6% of poorest children expect to be in positive destinations | ⬆ Modern Apprenticeship starts: 25,818 | |
| ⬌ Modern Apprenticeships completion rate 76% | ||||
| Places | ⬌ 9.1% of average incomes is spent on housing | ⬌ 71% in the most deprived areas satisfied with condition of home | ⬌ 24% in the most deprived areas feel they can influence local decisions | ⬌ 64% of neighbours stop to talk in the most deprived areas |
| ⬌ Crime victimisation rate in the most deprived areas 21.2% | ⬆ 27% say drug misuse is common in the most deprived areas | ⬌ 84% in most deprived areas say their neighbourhood is a good place to live | ⬌ 80% satisfied with public transport in the most deprived areas | |
| ⬌ 59% within 5min walk of green space in the most deprived areas | ⬆ 16 percentage point employment gap between most deprived and other areas | ⬌ 14.2 percentage point low qualification gap between most deprived and other areas | ⬌ 12 percentage point internet use gap between most deprived and other areas |
⬆ Performance improving ⬌ Perfromance maintaining ⬇ Performance worsening
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