Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence gathered for Scotland's route map - equality and Fairer Scotland impact assessment
This is the first publication of an overview of the range of poverty and equality impacts evidenced in relation to the complex range of measures that will be taken as we follow the route map out of the crisis and focus on the mission of making Scotland a greener, fairer and more prosperous country.
This document is part of a collection
Footnotes
1. https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-scotlands-route-map/
5. https://www.gov.scot/news/helping-communities-affected-by-covid-19/
6. https://www.gov.scot/publications/covid-19-health-and-social-impact-assessment/
7. https://www.gov.scot/publications/additional-poverty-statistics-2020/
8. COVID-19 Equality Analysis https://www.gov.scot/collections/equality-evidence/
10. https://www.gov.scot/collections/poverty-and-income-inequality-statistics/
11. https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14791
12. NRS Deaths Involving Coronavirus Week 24 https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-report-week-24.pdf
13. https://www.engender.org.uk/content/publications/Engender-Briefing---Women-and-COVID-19.pdf
16. https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14860
17. Pre and post comparisons using Understanding Society data suggest a sizeable deterioration in mental health (for example analysis by the IFS):
https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/The-mental-health-effects-of-the-first-two-months-of-lockdown-and-social-distancing-during-the-Covid-19-pandemic-in-the-UK.pdf
19. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20068031v1.full.pdf
20. The role of substantial childcare (based on data from Understanding Society – large scale UK longitudinal study): https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/publications/working-papers/iser/2020-08.pdf
21. Importance of loneliness (ONS social impacts of coronavirus)
22. https://unsdg.un.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/160420_Covid_Children_Policy_Brief.pdf
23. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/returning-school-after-lockdown
24. Scottish Government (2018) Scottish health survey 2017: volume one - main report
25. http://inclusionscotland.org/who-we-are/
26. 27% per cent of adults who have some form of long-standing physical or mental health condition or illness reported not using the internet, although not all of these will be disabled (SHS, 2018) and ONS data shows lower recent internet use among disabled adults (ONS 2019).
27. 64.6% for people with limiting long term illness compared to 62.2% for those without). This was especially true for disabled people aged 70+ (74.8%). ONS (2020) Coronavirus and social relationships and support for vulnerable groups: 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019
28. According to the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD), in 2019 there were 23,584 adults with learning disabilities known to local authorities across Scotland.
29. https://wbg.org.uk/analysis/uk-policy-briefings/briefing-social-care-and-covid-19/ and https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/rgar2014/rgar-14-invited-chapter.pdf
30. Of those living in households, around 1 in 7 (15%) of people describing their ethnicity as Pakistani lived in a household with two or more families. This compared to only 1 in 50 (2%) of the population as a whole.
31. In 2014-19 the poverty rate was 39% for the 'Asian or Asian British' ethnic groups, and 38% for 'Mixed, Black or Black British and Other' ethnic groups compared to 25% for White 'Other' and 18% for White British (Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2016-19)
32. In 2018, SHS, this was particularly apparent for 'White: Polish' and 'All other ethnic groups', which included 'African, Caribbean and Black' groups. 'Asian' people were slightly more likely than 'White: Scottish' people to live in the most deprived areas
33. A higher share of the visible minority ethnic population in employment are employed in the hospitality industry (one of the most affected) compared with the white population (31.7% vs 18.6%).
36. https://cst.org.uk/data/file/d/9/Coronavirus%20and%20the%20plague%20of%20antisemitism.1586276450.pdf
38. https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/60/1/93/5537169
40. https://www.gov.scot/publications/sexual-orientation-scotland-2017-summary-evidence-base/pages/5/
41. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics/mental-health-statistics-lgbt-people
42. https://www.ideas.gov.scot/covid-19-a-framework-for-decision-making
44. https://www.engender.org.uk/content/publications/Engender-Briefing---Women-and-COVID-19.pdf
46. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-shielding-way-forward-scotland/
48. https://www.transport.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/transport-transition-plan/
52. https://www.gov.scot/groups/covid-19-education-recovery-group/
56. https://sportscotland.org.uk/media/5774/cyp-return-to-sport-after-covid-19.pdf
57. Although more general analytical papers have been published including supporting evidence to the framework itself https://www.gov.scot/publications/covid-19-framework-decision-making-supporting-evidence/
58. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-scotland-bill-equality-impact-assessment/
59. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-scotland-no-2-bill-equality-impact-assessment/
61. https://www.transport.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/transport-transition-plan/
64. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-retail-sector-guidance/
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