013 Learning Disability Statistics Scotland Data Visualisation Report
LDSS Data Visualisation Report 2013
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Introduction
This report complements the Statistics Release: Learning Disability Statistics Scotland 2013 (eSAY) publication. It contains the information collected by Learning Disability Statistics Scotland presented in data visualisations.
These visualisations use exactly the same data as the main statistical release and the easy read version but present this in a different way. They engage readers through eye-catching high quality graphics and communicate interesting messages from the statistics that can be otherwise lost or overlooked in the other publication formats.
Who is this report about? Introduction
Data is requested from all Scottish local authorities on adults with learning disabilities known to them. Individual level information is collected on people: • aged 16 and 17 who are not in full time education; • age 18 and over; • who have had contact with the local authority in the last 3 years.
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All adults who match these criteria and who are known to local authorities, regardless of the services they are currently receiving (if any) are included in the data collection. Adults with learning disabilities who are no longer in direct contact with local authorities are included in the dataset for three years from the last known contact. These statistics are based on data taken from 2013, the latest information available.
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Contents
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Housing
People 12 Hospital
accommodation
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Age and gender
13 Family carer
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Autism spectrum
14 Living with other
10 Ethnicity
people with learning disabilities
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4 3 Support
Opportunities
20 Employment
opportunities
21 Age and employment
opportunities
5 Deprivation analysis
22 Time spent in further
education
16 Local Area Coordination (LAC) 17 Personal Life Plan
(PLP)
18 Advocacy
24 Further education and age 25 Day centre attendance
and alternative opportunity use
26 Time spent attending
a day centre and alternative opportunities
28 Distribution of people
by deprivation
29 Living with a family
carer and deprivation
30 Employment and
deprivation
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Section 1:
People
This section shows demographic information about adults with learning disabilities in Scotland, including age and gender, autism spectrum diagnosis and ethnicity.
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Age and gender of adults with learning disabilities 65 and over 55 - 64
45 - 54
35 - 44
21 - 34
18 - 20 16 - 17
5,000
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4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
This chart shows the number of men and women with learning disabilities in Scotland by age group. There are not many adults (particularly women) aged 16-17 because the data does not include 16-17 year olds who are in full time education. In the younger age groups, there are significantly more men than women. However, as people get older the difference between the numbers of men and women is less pronounced.
Adults who are on the autism spectrum
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About this data
18,053 18,053 adults have a learning disability and are not on the autism spectrum
2,809 adults have a learning disability and are also on the autism spectrum
2,809 754
754 adults are on the autism spectrum and do not have a learning disability
It is likely that this data represents a significant underestimation of the number of adults in Scotland who are on the autism spectrum but have no associated learning disability. This is partly due to the fact that the data is collected directly from local authority learning disability services, with which adults on the autism spectrum may not have had direct contact, because they may not be receiving formal support or this may be available from other sources, such as the NHS.
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Ethnicity of adults with learning disabilities About this data The Black & minority ethnic category includes people of dual ethnicity and black, Asian or other backgrounds. The White, other category includes people of white European or white other backgrounds. The proportion of adults with learning disabilities in Scotland from BME communities is less than half the proportion in the overall population of Scotland. This suggests that there is a under-representation of adults with learning disabilities from BME communities who are known to Scottish local authorities.�
Black & minority ethnic 417
White Scottish 14,361
White other 8,671
Section 2:
Housing
In this section you will find out about the living status of adults with learning disabilities in Scotland. There is also information about who adults with learning disabilities live with, including family carers and other people with learning disabilities.
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Number of adults with learning disabilities who live in hospital accommodation in
in
1998
2013
adults were living in hospital accommodation
adults were living in hospital accommodation
= 25 people
= 25 people
2,450
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Age of adults with learning disabilities who live with a family carer
About this data 900
LDSS does not include people aged 16-17 who are in full time education. This is why there are significantly fewer 16-17 year olds who live with a family carer.
800
number of adults
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81 86 91+
age
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This shows us that the majority of adults with learning disabilities in Scotland do not live with anyone else who has a learning disability. They may be living independently or with a family carer.
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Number of other people with learning disabilities that adults with learning disabilities live with
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Section 3:
Support
In this section you will find out about a range of support services that are available to adults with learning disabilities in Scotland including Local Area Co-ordination, personal life plans and advocacy services.
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Local area co-ordination service use
2,470
Adults use a LAC service in areas where it is available
About this data LAC services are available in
Local Area Co-ordination (LAC) is a person centred approach to enabling people to achieve life outcomes and facilitate their inclusion in their communities. LAC services are currently available in 23 out of 32 Scottish local authority areas.
23 Scottish councils
People who use a LAC service
LAC services available in this area
People who do not use a LAC service
LAC services not available in this area
Adults who have a Personal Life Plan as a proportion of all adults with learning disabilities who have been asked if they want one
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About this data 16-34 years old
49%
35-54 years old
64%
55 years and over
62%
A PLP or Personal Life Plan is a way of helping a person work out what they need or want in their life.
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Type of advocacy service used by adults with learning disabilities About this data Advocacy services enable people to have a greater say in decisions about their lives and fulfil an active role in their community. This chart shows the numbers of adults with learning disabilities in Scotland who use each type of advocacy service.
Professional advocate, support not specified
Group/collective advocacy
Professional advocate, short term support
479
376
354
Professional advocate long term support
Self advocacy
Citizen advocate
381
208
170
Section 4:
Opportunities
In this section you will find out how adults with learning disabilities in Scotland spend their time including employment, training, further education and day services.
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Types of employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities About this data Employment opportunities is a collective term used to describe different categories of job as well as training for employment. This chart shows that most adults with learning disabilities in Scotland who have employment opportunities have a job, but a sizable proportion are in training for employment.
1,529 Does not have a job but in training for employment
884
Open employment
592 Non-open employment
424
Has a job but type not recorded
Self employed
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number of adults
Age of adults with learning disabilities who have a job or are in training for employment
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200
About this data
150
LDSS does not include people aged 16-17 who are in full time education.
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This is why there are significantly less 16-17 year olds who have a job or are in training.
50 0 16
24
31
39
age
46
54
61
65+
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Time spent in further education by adults with learning disabilities
About this data Age profile of adults who attend college
This chart shows us that a large majority of those who attend college fewer than 3 days per week are over 25 years old. Conversely, of those who attend college 3 or more days per week, the majority are aged 16-24.
fewer than 3 days per week
16-24 years old
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Age profile of adults who attend college
3 days or more per week
25 years and older
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Age profile of adults with learning disabilities who are in further education About this data 1 in 5 adults with learning disabilities in Scotland aged 16 - 24 went to college. However college attendance for people aged 25 and over is much less.
20%
went to college
5% went to college 16-24 years old
25 years or older
Day centre attendance and alternative opportunity use for adults with learning disabilities About this data
1,532
2,640
Adults attend a day centre but do not use alternative opportunities
Adults use alternative opportunities and also attend a day centre
6,491 Adults use alternative opportunities and do not attend a day centre
This chart shows that there are many more adults with learning disabilities in Scotland who use alternative opportunities than attend a day centre. Furthermore, even of those adults who attend a day centre, a majority of them also use alternative opportunities.
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Time spent attending a day centre by adults with learning disabilities and whether or not they use alternative opportunities 68%
61%
46% 47% 41% 25%
31%
17%
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10 20 30+ Time spent attending a day centre (hours per week) People who have alternative opportunities People who do not have alternative opportunities
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Section 5:
Deprivation analysis
The Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is based on 7 measures of deprivation. It splits Scotland into 6,505 small geographical areas and ranks them based on the deprivation index. For this analysis we have aggregated these ranked areas into five groups (quintiles). Quintile 1 is the most deprived areas and Quintile 5 is the least deprived areas.
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Distribution of adults with learning disabilities in each deprivation quintile About this data The base line in this chart represents the overall population of Scotland in each quintile. The bars above and below the line illustrate the extent to which adults with learning disabilities are over/under represented in each quintile compared to the overall Scottish population. This chart shows adults with learning disabilities are overrepresented in the most deprived areas of Scotland and under-represented in the least deprived areas
Adults with learning disabilities (per 1,000)
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150 75
Q1 (most deprived) Q2 Q3
Overall Scottish population
0 -75
-150
Q4 Q5 (least deprived)
The deprivation profile of adults with learning disabilities who live with a family carer
Most deprived areas
Least deprived areas
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About this data This chart shows that adults with learning disabilities who live in less deprived areas are much more likely to live with a family carer than adults living in the most deprived areas of Scotland.
Lives with a family carer Does not live with a family carer
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Number of adults with learning disabilities per 1,000 who have employment opportunities in each deprivation quintile About this data Quintile1 (most deprived)
Controlling for the number of adults with learning disabilities in each quintile, the most deprived areas of Scotland have the fewest adults who have a job. However, these areas also have the most adults in training for employment. The least deprived areas have the largest proportion of adults with employment opportunities (jobs and/or training).
Quintile 2
61
70
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Quintile3
90
Quintile 4
82
Quintile5 (least deprived)
Has a job In training for employment
80
49
54
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Further information and contact details The Learning Disability Statistics Scotland data is collected by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability on behalf of the Scottish Government. The team can be contacted using the information below. Our address is: SCLD, 6th floor, Merchant Exchange, 20 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LG Telephone: 0141 559 5720
Email: claire.m@scld.co.uk andrew.m@scld.co.uk More information on the statistics collection or the work of SCLD can be found at: www.scld.org.uk
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