Kirsty is At the age of five,


her vocabulary could be behind by as much as


13 months


when compared to the richest children in Scotland


Te chances are 20%


that Kirsty will not be able to read well by the end of primary school


2x


more likely to be involved in violent crime than a girl from a more affluent household


As a teenager, Kirsty will be


4.8x


more likely to get pregnant compared with someone living in the least deprived area


Te chances are 1 in 15


that Kirsty will end up with university-level grades at school


pregnant, she will be nearly 12x


more likely to give birth compared with a pregnant teenager from a more affluent area


Te chances are 29%


that Kirsty will have low life satisfaction by the age of 8


IN 2014, Te chances are Te chances are 14%


that Kirsty’s mum will get postnatal depression


55%


that Kirsty will not be breastfed


IN A CAMPAIGN VIDEO FOR the referendum on Scottish


independence, Nicola Sturgeon asked us to imagine a Kirsty and asked what kind of Scotland we wanted her to grow up in. Now, born on 12 May 2016, this is our Kirsty. She will grow up in the real Scotland. What kind of life does Scotland want Kirsty to have, and what will you do to support or hinder that?


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