Towards Cleaner Air: PM2.5 Exposure and Disparities Around Childcare Providers in England

This project investigates ambient PM2.5 air pollution levels around Early Years Providers (EYPs)—including nurseries and childminders—across England, with a focus on environmental inequalities affecting young children. Using spatial analysis methods and a five-year dataset (2018–2022), we examined temporal trends in PM2.5 concentrations, spatial clustering of high-exposure locations, and associations with small-area socio-demographic characteristics, such as deprivation, ethnicity, and urbanicity.