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- BLOG - Access to secure data during the Covid-19 pandemic - a model for the future?
- Covid-19 and Care Homes: Advances in Administrative Data Research during the pandemic
- DATA INSIGHTS -Deprivation and informal care at the end of life
- NEWS - Innovative new residential linkage tool launched
- BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.4
- DATA INSIGHTS - Youth Movements, Social Mobility and Health Inequalities
- NEWS - New report warns of deepening poverty crisis for Scottish families
- New report on Infants Born into Care in Scotland
- Spotlight on Dr Elizabeth Lemmon
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- BLOG - The value of social science and administrative data research in Scotland: how we are helping respond to COVID-19
- DATA INSIGHTS - Exploring illegal drug consignments in Scotland
- DATA INSIGHTS -Linking two administrative data sets about looked after children
- NEWS – ADR Scotland data ambassadors launched
- The importance of administrative data
- Virtual Conference - Data Linkage: Information to Impact
- BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home - No.7
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- BLOG SERIES - Dramatic increase in deaths at home- No.3
- DATA INSIGHTS - Investigating the effects of class composition and class size on pupils’ attainment in Scottish primary schools
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- DATA INSIGHTS - Automatic Coding of Occupations: Methods to create the Scottish Historic Population Database (SHPD)
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- DATA INSIGHTS - What makes people more likely to cycle to work?
- Future-proofing investment into administrative data research announced in Scotland
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- DATA INSIGHTS - Homelessness duration in Scotland: how long does rehousing take?
- DATA INSIGHTS - Occupation and COVID-19 deaths: Scotland in a comparative perspective
- DATA INSIGHTS -The health and economic benefits of active commuting in Scotland
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- ADR Scotland Winter Partnership Session - **internal event**
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- BLOG - Commuting and its impact on health
- BLOG - The Dynamics of the Nursing Workforce in the UK: Using data to support our nurses
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- DATA INSIGHTS - Analysing a season of death and excess mortality in Scotland’s past
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- BLOG No. 9 - Final blog in this 'deaths at home' series
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DATA INSIGHTS - What makes people more likely to cycle to work?
This Data Insights from Dr Laurie Berrie explores the factors predicting whether an individual cycles to work or not?
We know from past research that cycling is a relatively cheap form of transport; is good exercise that keeps cyclists physically healthy and emits no pollution or noise, as well as often being quicker than motorised transport in many city centres. Even with all these benefits, only 2% of people in Scotland commute to work by bicycle. We therefore commenced our current research which focuses on whether cycling to work benefits mental health as well as what makes people more likely to cycle to work. The latter research forms our focus for today's Data Insights.
The Scottish Government's 2030 Vision for Active Travel encourages people to walk and cycle for everyday shorter journeys by 2030 and the Active Travel Framework, produced by Transport Scotland and key delivery partners, brings together key policy approaches to improving the uptake of walking and cycling in Scotland for travel.
Our research, summarised in our Data Insights provides further evidence for these strategies on the barriers to cycling and insights which can help to shape future cycle infrastructure. Hopefully Government, alongside active travel stakeholders and health agencies, can use our research findings to support evidence-based understanding on how to attract people to become active commuters and cycle to work.
We look forward to sharing our research on commuting and mental health soon.
This article was published on 10 Jul 2022