This report represents a first step in assessing wellbeing outcomes and understanding their relationship with poverty for low income families.
Tackling child poverty and achieving the targets set by the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 is imperative to improving the lives of Scotland’s children, young people and families.
Increasing incomes and reducing costs of living are important mechanisms for reducing poverty, but they are not the only mechanism.
Improving quality of life, and life chances, is important in building a solid long term foundation to support the lives of children, young people and families. For this, policies need to focus on enhancing wellbeing of children and families.
This report intends to be a first step in assessing wellbeing outcomes and understanding their relation with poverty for low income families.