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This project is using linked administrative data to explore antenatal and early years contact, repeat removals, and repeat referrals in Northern Ireland's child welfare system.
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This ADR Northern Ireland project aims to develop a new linked dataset containing information on mental health and addiction among people in prisons in Northern Ireland, as well as their mortality risk following release.
This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017. By investigating how well this measure reflects and predicts the social, health, and economic challenges faced by Northern Ireland’s population, the research will provide insights to inform future updates – ensuring it remains a reliable tool for researchers and policymakers.
This project, led by researchers at ADR Northern Ireland, investigates how social inequalities and domestic abuse affect the health and survival of mothers with mental health conditions during pregnancy and after childbirth in Northern Ireland.
This project aims to provide robust research evidence for policymakers, practitioners and the public about the causes and consequences of homelessness in Northern Ireland.
The overarching goal of the research is to advance understanding of the nature and scale of drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland. We are using the Northern Ireland Mortality Study (NIMS) – which links the 2011 Census to subsequent deaths until 2017 – to provide novel, socio-demographic insights into drug related deaths in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland has had the highest economic inactivity in the UK for the past 30 years. The economically inactive is the population who are not in employment or seeking employment. There are many reasons why an individual may be inactive – the most common are being in full-time education, looking after family, retirement, or being long-term sick.
The research project will assist policymakers in understanding the factors that influence Irish language and Ulster Scots speaking in Northern Ireland. As well as profiling the socio-economic characteristics of Irish and Ulster Scots speakers in 2011, the research will assess change in Irish language speaking between 2001 and 2011. Project results will inform a wider UK collaboration comparing characteristics of Irish and Ulster Scots speakers in Northern Ireland with Welsh language and Scots Gaelige speakers in Wales and Scotland respectively.
The Northern Ireland public transport Concessionary Fares Scheme was established to promote accessible public transport for members of the community who are most at risk of social exclusion, by providing SmartPasses. The uptake rate for the 60+ SmartPass was 79% in 2018/19; of these holders, 71% used it at least once in that year. These figures have been relatively stable over the past five years.
