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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: 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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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: New evidence on gender pay gaps in Great Britain

This Data Insight presents new evidence on the size of the gender pay gap in Great Britain.

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Data Insight: How many jobs, how much earned?

This Data Insight by the Wage and Employment Dynamics team explores the number of jobs and the earnings that employees receive over the course of a year. It presents information from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) linked to Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for 2014-2019 in Great Britain.

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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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Ethnic inequalities in the criminal justice system

This data comic explores the findings of research led by Dr Kitty Lymperopoulou, which examines the main factors associated with remand and sentencing outcomes and the independent effect of ethnicity on those outcomes. Kitty is an ADR UK Research Fellow using data made available through the Ministry of Justice Data First programme.

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EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS): A review of the literature

This report, produced by ADR Wales in partnership with the Welsh Government, examines and summarises published literature relating to the experience of EU nationals in the UK prior to and after the 2016 EU referendum to inform the EUSS Data Linkage Project.

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Local Data Spaces: Pilot Study Evaluation Report (August 2021)

The findings of an evaluation of the Local Data Spaces pilot study, including key recommendations for further support for local authorities to access local-level data and analysis to inform decision making.

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