Data Insights

Data Insight: Homelessness among young people leaving care in Northern Ireland

This study used linked administrative data to examine the risk of homelessness among young people aging out of care (care leavers) in Northern Ireland (NI).

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Data Insight: Ethnicity, gender, remand, plea and sentencing

This Data Insight examines whether ethnic disparities persist across successive stages of the criminal justice system – remand, plea and imprisonment – after controlling for other factors, and how these disparities differ among men and women. The analyses seek to contribute to a better understanding of sources of cumulative disadvantage in the justice system. These may stem from disadvantages accrued at earlier decision points in the court process, as well as from the intersection of multiple identities such as gender and ethnicity.

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Data Insight: Assessing access to primary care in rural and urban Wales

This Data Insight, originally published by ADR Wales, investigates inequalities in rural primary healthcare accessibility using linked administrative data.

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Data Insight: Supporting the Migrant Integration Framework for Wales - examining GP registrations and activity by migrant status

This Data Insight, originally published by ADR Wales, explores GP registration by migrants using routinely collected administrative, health, and survey data. This analysis was carried out to support the development of the Welsh Government’s Migrant Integration Framework.

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Data Insight: Active travel to school in Wales: A data linkage project and exploratory analysis

This Data Insight aims to examine patterns of active travel to school in children aged 11-16 in Wales. It was produced by the ADR Wales Climate Change research team and originally published by ADR Wales.

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Data Insight: Commuting patterns among nurses and midwives in England & Wales

This Data Insight by Dr Michelle Jamieson analyses data relating to nurses and midwives and others of similar social grade. Around 60% of people analysed lived within 10 km from of their place of work, a distance within which active travel is feasible. Yet over 70% of both groups travelled to work by car.

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Data Insight: From school absences to crime involvement

This Data Insight explores the relationship between school absenteeism and subsequent patterns of criminal activity. It addresses the question ‘What are the long-term effects of school absenteeism on crime at different stages of life?’ Specifically, it examines whether authorised and unauthorised absences are associated with future cautions and convictions.

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Data Insight: Experience of poverty and other risk factors among young people who offend in Scotland

This Data Insight presents findings from ADR Scotland research, which suggest that reducing child poverty might prevent early offending. However, a range of other factors would need to be addressed too.

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Data Insight: Ethnicity, sex, and community orders

This Data Insight focuses on the relationships between ethnicity, sex, and community orders. It explores whether there are differences in the types of requirements imposed on individuals based on their sex and ethnic background, after considering factors such as age and offence category. Additionally, it investigates whether these differences impact the successful completion of community orders.

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Data Insight: Disengagement from school among pupils experiencing homelessness in Wales

This Data Insight explores the association between disengagement from school and youth homelessness. The team analysed data from a screening tool forming part of a youth homelessness prevention scheme in Wales, known as Upstream Cymru. Three forms of school disengagement were measured: exclusions/suspension, truancy, and misbehavior.

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