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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.

Data Insight: Were people with health vulnerabilities more likely to be fined by the police during the Covid-19 pandemic?

This Data Insight explores whether people who had accessed health services for conditions relating to mental ill health, drug use and alcohol misuse were more likely to receive fixed penalty notices (FPNs) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Growing up in kinship care

This report from Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research and the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection explores the characteristics, experiences, and outcomes of ‘looked after’ children living in kinship care in Scotland. It provides insight into the requirements that welfare, universal, and targeted services should meet to ensure the safety, health, education and wellbeing of all children.

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Data Insight: Growing up in kinship care

This Data Insight by Dr Joanna Soraghan and Dr Robert Porter explores the experiences of children and young people in Scotland who have spent time living with a family member or family friend while in care – known as ‘kinship care’. The Growing Up in Kinship Care study makes use of the Scottish Government’s Longitudinal Looked After Children dataset.

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Data Insight: Understanding exclusions in Scottish secondary schools

This Data Insight explores the patterning of educational exclusions in Scottish secondary schools, including the variation across schools and council areas. It also explores the effects of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the pupils on their likelihood of receiving an exclusion.

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Data Insights: Youth movement, social mobility and health inequalities (November 2020)

This Data Insight from ADR Scotland outlines research that will use the Aberdeen Children of 1950s dataset to examine whether youth movements are related to increased adult social mobility.

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