Using Census data to generate a UK-wide measure of disadvantage - Appendix 3 (Scotland)

5 October 2021

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Further work on our measure of disadvantage revealed an error in the generation of HESA measure deciles. Our output area files for England, Wales and Scotland contained statistics for higher level geographies (either local authorities, regions and/or countries), which had not been removed prior to the formation of the deciles.

HESA measure deciles have been recreated based on a total of 232,296 output areas (181,408 in England and Wales, 46,531 in Scotland and 4,537 in Northern Ireland). Around 1% of output areas changed from quintile 1 to a higher quintile or vice versa. Approximately 5% of output areas were affected when undertaking an analysis by decile. We have found the impact of this to be minimal and the conclusions of our research are not materially altered.

2022-05-11

Appendix 3: Scottish domiciled full-time first degree entrants aged 18 to 20 in the academic year 2011/12

Please note: totals may not align as expected in some instances due to the exclusion of missing data.

Table C1: Cross-tabulation of HESA measure and POLAR*

	POLAR quintile 2 to 5 (%)	POLAR quintile 1 (%)	Total
HESA measure quintile 2 to 5	98.4	1.6	12,980
HESA measure quintile 1	81.2	18.8	1,840

Table C2: Cross-tabulation of HESA measure and IMD*

	IMD quintile 2 to 5 (%)	IMD quintile 1 (%)	Total
HESA measure quintile 2 to 5	96.6	3.4	12,995
HESA measure quintile 1	53.8	46.2	1,840

Table C3: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by council area – Quintile 1 of HESA measure (%)*

Council area	Quintile 1 of HESA measure (%)
Glasgow City	17.0
North Lanarkshire	11.4
Fife	6.2
South Lanarkshire	5.8
West Lothian	4.3
North Ayrshire	4.2
City of Edinburgh	4.2
Falkirk	4.0
East Ayrshire	3.8
Renfrewshire	3.6
Dumfries and Galloway	2.6
Scottish Borders	2.6
Dundee City	2.4
Aberdeen City	2.3
Midlothian	2.3
West Dunbartonshire	2.3
East Lothian	2.2
Highland	2.2
Inverclyde	2.2
Angus	2.1
Moray	2.1
South Ayrshire	2.1
Aberdeenshire	2.0
Clackmannanshire	1.4
Argyll and Bute	0.9
East Renfrewshire	0.9
Perth and Kinross	0.9
Stirling	0.8
East Dunbartonshire	0.6
Shetland Islands	0.3
Orkney Islands	0.2
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0.1
Total	1840.0

Table C4: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by council area – Quintile 1 of POLAR (%)

Council area	Quintile 1 of POLAR (%)
City of Edinburgh	21.9
Glasgow City	13.7
Fife	8.3
Aberdeen City	6.3
Falkirk	5.9
Midlothian	4.9
Dundee City	4.7
West Lothian	4.1
North Ayrshire	3.1
North Lanarkshire	3.1
South Lanarkshire	2.9
East Ayrshire	2.7
East Lothian	2.3
Renfrewshire	2.3
Highland	2.0
Scottish Borders	2.0
Stirling	2.0
Aberdeenshire	1.8
Perth and Kinross	1.8
Inverclyde	1.6
Clackmannanshire	1.1
Dumfries and Galloway	1.1
South Ayrshire	0.5
Angus	0.0
Argyll and Bute	0.0
East Dunbartonshire	0.0
East Renfrewshire	0.0
Moray	0.0
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0.0
Orkney Islands	0.0
Shetland Islands	0.0
West Dunbartonshire	0.0
Total	555

Table C5: Geographic distribution of most disadvantaged students by council area – Quintile 1 of IMD (%)

Council area	Quintile 1 of IMD (%)
Glasgow City	30.6
North Lanarkshire	10.3
City of Edinburgh	6.2
South Lanarkshire	5.6
Dundee City	5.3
Renfrewshire	5.3
North Ayrshire	5.1
Fife	4.1
Inverclyde	3.1
Aberdeen City	3.0
East Ayrshire	2.9
West Dunbartonshire	2.8
West Lothian	2.4
Highland	2.0
Falkirk	1.9
South Ayrshire	1.9
Clackmannanshire	1.6
Argyll and Bute	0.9
East Renfrewshire	0.9
Angus	0.8
Dumfries and Galloway	0.6
East Lothian	0.5
Scottish Borders	0.5
East Dunbartonshire	0.5
Perth and Kinross	0.5
Stirling	0.4
Aberdeenshire	0.2
Midlothian	0.2
Moray	0.2
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0.0
Orkney Islands	0.0
Shetland Islands	0.0
Total	1,295

Table C6: Distribution of quintile 1 students by urban-rural classification and measure of disadvantage*

	HESA measure quintile 1	POLAR quintile 1	IMD quintile 1
Large urban areas	33.9	50.0	55.9
Other urban areas	42.9	37.1	31.8
Accessible small towns	11.1	7.2	6.1
Remote small towns	2.9	1.3	0.6
Very remote small towns	1.3	0.0	1.2
Accessible rural areas	5.3	3.2	3.3
Remote rural areas	1.9	1.3	1.2
Very remote rural areas	0.8	0.0	0.1
Total	1,840	555	1,295

Table C7: Distribution of quintile 1 students by NSSEC and measure of disadvantage*

	HESA measure quintile 1	POLAR quintile 1	IMD quintile 1
NSSEC groups 1 or 2	24.4	29.1	26.4
NSSEC groups 3 to 8	55.0	49.6	50.7
Missing information	20.7	21.2	22.9
Total	1,840	555	1,295

Table C8: Distribution of quintile 1 students by parental education and measure of disadvantage*

	HESA measure quintile 1	POLAR quintile 1	IMD quintile 1
Parent has HE qualification	28.3	31.1	30.5
Parent doesn't have HE qualification	47.0	47.7	42.3
Don't know	9.7	9.4	9.7
Information refused	15.0	11.9	17.5
No response given	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	1,840	555	1,295

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Executive summary
1. Introduction and policy context
2. Widening participation: What measures are available?
3. Data
4. The derivation of a new measure of disadvantage
5. Results
6. Further remarks and next steps
Appendix 1: English domiciled entrants
Appendix 2: Welsh domiciled entrants
Appendix 3: Scottish domiciled entrants
Appendix 4: Northern Irish domiciled entrants

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Using Census data to generate a UK-wide measure of disadvantage - Appendix 3 (Scotland)

Appendix 3: Scottish domiciled full-time first degree entrants aged 18 to 20 in the academic year 2011/12

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