Advancing methods for understanding household level hardship
07/04/2025
Categories: Research using linked data, Events, Datasets, Research findings, ADR England, Office for National Statistics, Children & young people, Health & wellbeing, Housing & communities, Inequality & social inclusion
The ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes team invites you to a webinar on using administrative data to better understand household deprivation and its impact on children and families.
With growing concerns about household hardship, this event will explore how linked administrative data—including local authority records, Census data, and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Registration and Population Interaction Database (RAPID) - can enhance evidence-based approaches to poverty and children's social care.
Speakers and topics
Improving evidence on socio-economic disadvantage at the household level: strengths and limitations of linked population census-administrative data
Speaker: Associate Director & Associate Professor Polly Vizard (LSE)
This will explore the potential of the new generation of linked population census-administrative data linkages, including the strengths and limitations of household level deprivation indicators, as well as reflecting on experiences from previous and ongoing analysis using the Growing Up in England dataset.
Studying the impact of financial hardship on child welfare provision by linking local authority data on families with children
Speaker: Professor Rick Hood (Kingston University London)
This will outline research currently being carried out with five English local authorities, who have agreed to provide administrative data on households claiming means-tested benefits, and on referrals to children's social care services, during the period 2019-22.
An introduction to RAPID
Speakers: Andrew Needham & Mike Daly (DWP)
This will look at what RAPID is, how it is created, what is included, what is excluded, and what this data will enable – with a focus on families with children.
About the ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes
Co-funded by ADR England and Foundations – What Works Centre for Children and Families, the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes aims to increase use of the ADR UK flagship datasets, and to support a community of researchers and analysts focused on children and young people supported by early intervention services or children’s social care in the UK.
Event details
When: 12:00-13:30, Monday 7 April 2025
Where: Online
Cost: Free
How to attend: Register on Ticket Source. The team will email you a calendar invite with an online meeting link within 3 working days - if you encounter any problems with registration, please email marie.greaves@swansea.ac.uk.
