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Residential mobility amongst children and young people in Wales: A longitudinal study using linked administrative records
Jo Davies,
Lucy Griffiths 
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Rowena Bailey,
Amy Mizen ,
Rich Fry ,
Dora Pouliou ,
Rebecca Pedrick-Case,
Rhodri Johnson,
Gareth Stratton ,
Hayley Christian,
Ronan Lyons
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Rowena Bailey,
Amy Mizen ,
Rich Fry ,
Dora Pouliou ,
Rebecca Pedrick-Case,
Rhodri Johnson,
Gareth Stratton ,
Hayley Christian,
Ronan Lyons
International Journal of Population Data Science
Swansea University Authors:
Jo Davies, Lucy Griffiths , Rowena Bailey, Amy Mizen , Rich Fry , Dora Pouliou , Rebecca Pedrick-Case, Rhodri Johnson, Gareth Stratton , Ronan Lyons
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BackgroundChild poverty remains a major global concern and a child's experience of deprivation is heavily shaped by where they live and the stability of their local neighbourhood. This study examines frequencies and patterns of residential mobility in children and young people (CYP) at a popula...
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BackgroundChild poverty remains a major global concern and a child's experience of deprivation is heavily shaped by where they live and the stability of their local neighbourhood. This study examines frequencies and patterns of residential mobility in children and young people (CYP) at a population level using novel geospatial techniques to assess how often their physical environment changes and to identify geographical variations in social mobility. MethodsWe used routinely collected administrative records held in the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank for CYP aged under 18 living in Wales between 2012 and 2022. We calculated the Moran’s I statistic to assess the magnitude of Lower layer Super Output Area (LSOA)-level geographic variation in residential mobility and used the Local Indicator of Spatial Association (LISA) to identify clusters of LSOAs where there are higher rates of residential mobility.ResultsThis study included 923,531 CYP, with 58% having moved at least once during the study period. A total number of 1,209,102 house moves were recorded, 59% of which occurred between the ages of 0 and 5. Almost 10% of the cohort resided in five or more dwellings before the age of 18. In terms of area-level (LSOA) deprivation, 75% of house moves were to areas with the same or higher levels of deprivation, leaving only 25% of house moves that achieved upward social mobility. Clustering of residential mobility was identified predominantly in areas of high deprivation.ConclusionThe findings of this study show that residential mobility is linked with socio-economic circumstances and is experienced by over half of CYP in Wales. Understanding where CYP live, their mobility patterns and which areas have high levels of influx and efflux is crucial for policymakers to generate well-informed, targeted and effective child-focused interventions. |
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This work is part of the Built Environment and Child Health in Wales and Australia (BEACHES) project which is a joint initiative between Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Swansea University. The BEACHES Project is funded by the UKRI-NHMRC Built Environment Prevention Research Scheme (grant number GNT1192764 and MR/T039329/1). Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales also supported this research, which forms part of the ADR UK investment that unites research expertise from Swansea University Medical School and WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data) at Cardiff University with analysts from Welsh Government. ADR UK is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation. Hayley Christian is supported by an Australian National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (102549) and partially supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Project ID CE200100025). |