Children and young people: wider determinants and risk factors

 

Data on wider determinants and risk factors that influence the health and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people are available from our web pages, our Online Profile Tool, and other sources. These are summarised below, grouped by topic.

 

Child poverty:

  • Scottish Government child poverty statistics
  • ScotPHO Income and employment pages: children in relative poverty in working households
  • Indicators on the ScotPHO profiles (national and local level data, largely from the children and young people’s mental health and the children and young people’s profiles):
    • Households with children living in fuel poverty
    • Children in low income families
    • Children registered for free school meals
    • Children in households with combined material deprivation and low income
    • Children living in households in absolute or relative poverty
    • Children living in persistent poverty
  • Public Health Scotland child poverty pages

 

Education and employment:

  • Indicators on the ScotPHO profiles (national and local level data, largely from the children and young people’s mental health and the children and young people’s profiles):
    • Annual participation (in education, training, or employment) measure for 16 – 19 year olds
    • Employment rate for 16-24 year olds
    • School exclusion rate
    • School leavers in positive destinations
    • School leavers in the most deprived quintile with 1 or more qualification at SCQF Level 6
    • School leavers with 1 or more qualification at SCQF Level 4
    • School leavers with 1 or more qualification at SCQF Level 6
    • School attendance
    • Children being bullied at school
    • Children liking school
    • Children feeling accepted by classmates
    • Children’s reported teacher support
    • Primary school children attaining expected numeracy or literacy levels
  • ScotPHO Education data page (archived 2023)

 

‘Looked after children’ and social care:

  • Scottish Government children’s social work statistics
  • Indicators on the ScotPHO profiles (national and local level data, largely from the children and young people’s mental health and the children and young people’s profiles):
    • Children looked after by local authority
    • Children on the child protection register
    • Children referred to the Children’s Reporter for care and protection
    • Looked after school leavers in positive destinations
    • Looked after school leavers with 1 or more qualification at SCQF Level 4
    • Children living in temporary accommodation
    • Child protection with parental drug and/or alcohol misuse
    • Children subject to child protection inter-agency referral discussions

 

Physical environment:

  • Indicators on the ScotPHO profiles (national and local level data, largely from the children and young people’s mental health and the children and young people’s profiles):
    • Households with children living in homes that fail the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS)
    • Young people living in the most access deprived quintile, aged 0-25 years
    • Post-partum smoking rate
    • Exposure to secondhand smoke at 6-8 weeks
    • Air quality
    • Children in dwellings with extensive and/or urgent disrepair to critical elements
    • Children thinking their neighbourhood is a good place to live
  • ScotPHO pages:

 

Social environment:

  • Indicators on the ScotPHO profiles (national and local level data, largely from the children and young people’s mental health and the children and young people’s profiles):
    • Young people living in the most crime deprived quintile, aged 0-25 years
    • Young people living in the most income deprived quintile, aged 0-25 years
    • Children referred to the Children’s Reporter for offences
    • Young people in prison, aged 16-24 years
    • Children being cyberbullied
    • Children experiencing discrimination from adults
    • Children exposed to domestic abuse
    • Children feeling safe in their neighbourhood
    • Children finding it easy to talk to parents
    • Children having a trusted adult
    • Children participating in clubs, groups or organisations
    • Children rarely feeling lonely
    • Children with a parent with a common mental health problem
    • Children’s reported family support
  • ScotPHO pages:

Please note: If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the data sources directly as new data may have been published since these data pages were last updated. Although we endeavour to ensure that the data pages are kept up-to-date, there may be a time lag between new data being published and the relevant ScotPHO web pages being updated.