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Ongoing Equality and Social Need research

Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs):

A SAM links together macro statistics of National Accounts with micro statistics of the labour market and of households to show the inter-relationships between economic and social statistics. The SAM presents the information in a matrix form. The SAM can also be viewed as a family of matrices at different levels each of which is embedded in the level above allowing disaggregation to cover different household types.
The project will aim to develop a system of SAMs for Northern Ireland.
  • A comprehensive overview of the flow of income from all sources and expenditure amongst household types known to disproportionately comprise those in low income and those not;
  • To enable the modelling and estimation of the impacts of policy actions, in respect of increasing employability (education/skills etc); increasing labour market participation; improving health; changes in benefit uptake and wages impacts;
  • To provide the SAM as a bespoke policy evaluation tool.
Work in relation to this project will be developed through 2006/07
Contact Dr Alan McClelland 028 90522574,
Email: alan.mcclelland@ofmdfmni.gov.uk

The Northern Ireland survey of activity limitation and disability

The survey collected information on the prevalence, type and severity of disability / activity limitations, a range of socio-economic and demographic information were also collected. Information such as education, labour market position, care received and given, transport and travel; accommodation type and adaptations; crime and fear of crime and sources and level of income were collected. This wide range of information provided a significant insight to the lives and living conditions of people with a disability in Northern Ireland.
The survey collected information from approximately 3,200 adults and 280 children in both private households and communal establishments. The survey represented the first major quantitative data source on people with disabilities in over 15 years in Northern Ireland.
An initial publication, 'The Prevalence of Disability and Activity Limitations in Northern Ireland households', is available from the NISRA Equality website at http://www.equality.nisra.gov.uk/Household%20Prevalence%20Report.DOC. Future publications based on the NISALD survey will be published via the NISRA Equality website.
Contact Carly Niblock 028 90348136,
Email: carly.niblock@dfpni.gov.uk

Equality focused analytic activity

In relation to the above research projects, a number of additional research activities undertaken in relation to Equality Issues include:

Analyses of the Labour Force Survey

Equality-focused analyses of the Labour Force Survey which includes: modelling the monitored and non-monitored workforces; analysis of a wider range of labour market differentials including an examination of inactivity; comparisons of within and between group differentials.