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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: 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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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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Data Insight: Children involved with child welfare services and the likelihood of a custodial sentence

This Data Insight by Dr Anna Leyland summarises findings from working with the Ministry of Justice & Department for Education linked dataset - England. Using data from the National Pupil Database and the Police National Computer, the research analyses the likelihood of receiving a custodial sentence by 2020 for children who were referred to or received an intervention from child welfare services from ages 5-18.

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Data Insight: What came first: Is there a causal role of child welfare service interventions on likelihood of having criminal cautions or convictions?

This Data Insight summarises findings from working with the Ministry of Justice & Department for Education linked dataset - England. Using de-identified data from the National Pupil Database and the Police National Computer, the research looks at the order in which children were in contact with the child welfare service and criminal justice system. This report then estimates the likelihood of having any criminal caution or conviction, including only those cases where children were involved with the child welfare service one year or more before they had any criminal caution or conviction and up until 2020.

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Data Insight: What can data tell us about wages in the Western Gateway Area?

This Data Insight explores labour market dynamics in the Western Gateway Area. The article focuses on pay, and considers the extent to which the WGA’s priority sectors influence earnings. It presents findings by exploring deidentified data from the Annual Population Survey and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

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Data Insight: Enforced alcohol abstinence: does it reduce reoffending?

This Data Insight draws on Ministry of Justice Data First magistrates’ courts and probation datasets to examine how alcohol-treatment and monitoring requirements are used and whether they reduce reoffending.

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Data Insight: Childhood educational predictors of re-offending trajectories

This Data Insight examines the feasibility of using childhood educational information to develop predictive models of re-offending trajectories. A re-offending trajectory is the pattern by which a person commits crimes throughout their lifetime. This research aimed to explore whether we could use de-identified administrative educational and social care data to potentially identify the characteristics of individuals who may go on to become persistent offenders. The research used the Ministry of Justice and Department for Education linked dataset – England.

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Labour market differences between immigrant and UK-born employees: What is the role of employers?

This Data Insight explores the impact of employers on labour market differences between immigrant and UK-born employees. It presents findings from the analysis of de-identified data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) linked to the 2011 Census – England and Wales dataset.

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Data Insight: Deciding to have a Crown Court jury trial for a theft offence: Consequences, and relationships with ethnicity

This Data Insight investigates the consequences of a defendant electing to have a Crown Court trial, as compared to having their case heard in the magistrates’ courts, after pleading not guilty to an either-way theft offence. Either-way offences are offences that can be tried in the magistrates’ courts or in the Crown Court. The Data Insight also examines this decision in relation to ethnicity.

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Animation: Improving our society through administrative data research

This animated video, developed as part of an ADR UK Research Fellowship project, explains what administrative data is, how researchers can use it to inform policy, and how your privacy is protected when conducting administrative data research.

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