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Publication - Research and analysis

Tackling child poverty - progress report 2024-2025: annex C - decomposition analysis of the child poverty statistics

Published
17 June 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Communities and third sector, Equality and rights, +1 more … Work and skills
ISBN
9781836917434

Annex C provides analysis of the Scottish child poverty statistics to understand what has driven changes in the relative child poverty rate since the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 came into force. Particularly through the lens of key characteristics such as number of children in the family.

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Footnotes

1 Decomposition analysis breaks down the change seen in a variable into its contributing factors.

2 Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2006 & Poverty in Scotland 2019

3 International analysis of child poverty – UKMOD/EUROMOD modelling

Contact

Email: TCPU@gov.scot

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