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Income and Wealth
SHERU Response

New child poverty data and updates on methodological changes

April 8, 2025

Families with young children are one of the population groups that SHERU are monitoring closely due to the evidenced links…

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Employment
Income and Wealth
SHERU Response

SHERU response to the UKG Green Paper on changes to health and disability benefits

March 19, 2025

The Green Paper on ill health and disability welfare reform published on the 18th March follows weeks of media speculation…

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Income and Wealth
Research spotlight

Wealth disparities and health inequalities

March 12, 2025

A link to a downloadable PDF of this report can be found here.

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Prevention Watch

Prevention Watch – March 2025

March 7, 2025

Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of…

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Comparative stats
Employment

A new model for economic inactivity in Scotland: Replicating alternative labour market projections

February 12, 2025

In November, the Resolution Foundation released a briefing looking at alternative ways of estimating employment rates [1]. The official source…

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Prevention Watch

Prevention Watch – January 2025

January 15, 2025

Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of…

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Education
Reactive Stats

Reactive Stats Summary, Primary 1 Body Mass Index statistics Scotland, 2023/24

December 11, 2024

One of the aims of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit is to produce reactive statistical / research briefings that…

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Comparative stats
Income and Wealth

New awards of disability benefits for adults – comparing Scotland with England and Wales

November 29, 2024

Adult disability benefits are non-means tested payments available to people with ill health or a disability to compensate for some…

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Education
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Income and Wealth
Reports

Scotland’s Census: Understanding changes in health and socioeconomic inequality since 2011

November 15, 2024

This publication compares results from the 2022 and 2011 censuses, looking at how key health and socioeconomic indicators changed across…

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Reactive Stats

Reactive Stats Summary, Life expectancy in Scotland, 2021-2023

October 28, 2024

One of the aims of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit is to produce reactive statistical / research briefings that…

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Prevention Watch

Prevention Watch October 2024

October 17, 2024

Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of…

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Housing
Reactive Stats

Reactive Stats Summary: Homelessness in Scotland Statistics, 2023-24

September 25, 2024

One of the aims of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit is to produce reactive statistical / research briefings that…

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