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IB Profiles from Scottish Observatory for Work and Health

The Scottish Observatory for Work & Health has recently published Incapacity Benefit (IB) Claimant Profiles. The IB claimant profiles examine the "stock" of IB claimants and the "on" and "off" flow from 2000 to 2008 for fourteen geographies across Scotland. Each profile provides a range of data on IB claimants, including demographics, reasons for claiming, on and off flows, duration of claims and how these variables changed between 2000 and 2008. The profiles also contain IB claimant data for every neighbourhood/intermediate zone. In addition, an overview profile compares IB rates and on and off rates from 2000 to 2008 for all fourteen geographies plus Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The profiles are available to view and download via pages on the University of Glasgow website.