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Dataset-specific publications, such as Data Explained documents and user guides, can be found on the ADR UK Data Catalogue or on Flagship datasets.

24 April 2025

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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7 April 2025

Policy brief: Self-harm & suicide in Northern Ireland: New evidence from linked administrative data

The information presented in this policy brief summarises findings from five published research papers by researchers based within the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC NI, part of ADR Northern Ireland). These used whole population-wide linked administrative data to better understand who in Northern Ireland is most at risk of self-harm, self-harm/suicidal ideation, and death by suicide, in order to help inform policy and practice.

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3 April 2025

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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2 April 2025

Working towards an environmentally sustainable and equitable future? New evidence on green jobs

This Data Insight by ADR UK Fellow, Damian Whittard, explores employment in green jobs in England and Wales. The article considers who is working in a green occupation and calculates if there is a pay benefit for doing so.

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31 March 2025

Exploring cancer inequalities in Wales through linked administrative data

This Data Insight describes the study which assessed the feasibility of linking administrative data from different sources.

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28 March 2025

Data Insight: Investigating the relationship between higher education participation, personal characteristics and area of residence among school or college leavers

This Data Insight investigates the extent to which the personal characteristics and area of residence of school or college leavers in England have a bearing on the likelihood of participation in higher education.

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21 March 2025

Data Insight: Understanding the impact of time in care on educational attainment in England

This Data Insight by Xiaohui Zhang examines the impact of time spent in care on educational attainment, measured by the number of GCSE and advanced level qualifications achieved by children aged 15 and 17 in England. The findings are based on analyses of the Growing Up in England (GUiE) dataset.

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25 February 2025

The impact of co-occurring homelessness and substance misuse on secondary healthcare in Wales

This Data Insight presents the findings of a study carried out as part of the BOLD Substance Misuse Pilot in Wales, which focuses on early intervention and prevention of the escalation of substance misuse.

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21 February 2025

Data Insight: Childhood contact with social services, self-harm and suicidal or self-harm ideation in young adulthood

This Data Insight uses population-wide data in Northern Ireland (NI) to quantify the association between childhood contact with social services and presentation to an emergency department (ED) with self-harm or thoughts of suicide or self-harm in young adulthood.

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18 February 2025

Data Insight: Gender gaps in teacher grades for university admissions

This Data Insight discusses the differences between A-level teacher-predicted grades for university admissions, and exam results, by student gender.

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