Investigating the factors affecting access to housing and the health of communities is key to improving the lives of people living in the UK.
ADR UK has a number of data linkage projects, as well as research projects using existing linked data, underway to provide valuable new insights into the factors affecting the fabric of our communities and housing dynamics.
ADR Wales, for example, has explicitly identified housing as a key focus and the bedrock of living well, underscoring that good quality, affordable homes bring a wide range of benefits to health, learning and prosperity. It is therefore working to link Welsh data that will enable new insights into homelessness and its connection to health and education outcomes.
Meanwhile, ADR Scotland is supporting Scottish Government priorities around promoting safer communities and contributing to a public health approach to reducing violence. Researchers are using linked administrative data to better understand the connections between service demand and aspects of distress or vulnerability, including alcohol and other drugs, and mental health conditions.
ADR Northern Ireland (ADR NI) is also working on a number of projects aimed at improving policies relating to housing and communities. For example, by linking data relating to families, healthcare, environment and education, neighbourhood and community determinants of social distress as indicated by contact with emergency hospital services can be explored.
You can find out more about these projects and others underway within this theme by exploring the links below and visiting the ‘Projects’ page.
Housing & communities projects
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Healthy Households
12 March 2024
This project will create a new research-ready dataset by linking housing data with other administrative and health data for England, Scotland and Wales. The project team will also develop tools to support researchers in using this data. This will enable new, policy-relevant insights into the make-up of households and the circumstances they experience.
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Understanding the predictors and consequences of homelessness in Northern Ireland
12 February 2024
This project aims to provide robust research evidence for policymakers, practitioners and the public about the causes and consequences of homelessness in Northern Ireland.
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ADR Wales themed projects: Social Care
15 January 2024
The ADR Wales Social Care programme is led by Social Care Wales, a Welsh Government-sponsored body which registers and sets standards for social workers and social care workers in Wales. This programme will promote the benefits of linked data research and demonstrate its potential for understanding social care in Wales and beyond.
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Housing & communities news
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This year's highlights: ADR Northern Ireland - understanding pay gaps and improving outcomes for the prison population
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The Education Outcomes Linkage 2018/19-2021/22 dataset is now available from ADR Northern Ireland
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The Cross Government Income Administrative Dataset 2019/20 is now available from ADR Northern Ireland
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Now receiving applications: Northern Ireland Census 2021 Comprehensive Microdata
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The need for supporting kinship families in Scotland
Publications
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What can data tell us about wages in the Western Gateway Area?
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Growing up in kinship care
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Data Insight: Growing up in kinship care
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Data Insight: Inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes in Wales, 2020 to 2022
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Data Insight: European Union Settled Status Data Linkage Project (Wales) - Preliminary findings for mental health
