Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey
Table 5-18: Economic status of women by marital status
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Female adults of working age (16-60 years)
| Married | Cohabiting | Single | Widowed | Divorced | Separated | All |
Self employed | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Full time employment | 37 | 54 | 37 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 38 |
Part time employment | 30 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 23 |
Looking after home/family | 19 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Permanently retired from work | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Unemployed and seeking work | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
At school | 0 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 2 |
Higher/further education | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Government work/training scheme | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 |
Permanently sick or disabled | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
Unable to work due to short term ill-health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Base | 4,889 | 904 | 2,805 | 302 | 1,000 | 650 | 10,550 |
Table 5-19: Economic status of women by household type
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Female adults of working age (16-60 years)
| Single
adult | Small
adult | Single parent | Small
family | Large family | Large
adult | Older smaller | All |
Self employed | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Full time employment | 51 | 50 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 44 | 37 | 38 |
Part time employment | 9 | 18 | 23 | 37 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 23 |
Looking after home/family | 3 | 11 | 42 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
Permanently retired from work | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Unemployed and seeking work | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
At school | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | 2 |
Higher/further education | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
Government work/training scheme | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
Permanently sick or disabled | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
Unable to work - short term ill-health | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Base | 2,005 | 2,533 | 1,610 | 2,101 | 1,006 | 1,119 | 176 | 10,550 |
Table 5-20: How adults usually travel to work/education by sex
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population in work or education excluding those who work from home
| Male | Female | All |
Walking | 12 | 18 | 15 |
Driver car/van | 58 | 48 | 53 |
Passenger car/van | 9 | 12 | 10 |
Motorcycle/moped | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bicycle | 2 | 1 | 2 |
School bus | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Works bus | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Ordinary (service) bus | 10 | 15 | 13 |
Taxi/minicab | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rail | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Underground | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aeroplane | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Horse-riding | - | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Base | 6,146 | 7,134 | 13,280 |
Table 5-21: How adults usually travel to work or education by local authority
Row percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population in work or education excluding those who work from home
| Walking | Driver car/van | Passenger car/van | Bicycle | Bus (ordinary, school, or works) | Rail | Other | Total | Base |
Aberdeen City | 22 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 640 |
Aberdeenshire | 15 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 555 |
Angus | 18 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 306 |
Argyll and Bute | 24 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 100 | 218 |
Clackmannanshire | 9 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 225 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 17 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 320 |
Dundee City | 22 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 15 | - | 1 | 100 | 348 |
East Ayrshire | 15 | 59 | 13 | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 287 |
East Dumbartonshire | 10 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 281 |
East Lothian | 10 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 100 | 248 |
East Renfrewshire | 6 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 251 |
Edinburgh City | 22 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 1,150 |
Eilean Siar | 8 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 16 | - | 3 | 100 | 253 |
Falkirk | 12 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 357 |
Fife | 14 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 805 |
Glasgow City | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 100 | 1,217 |
Highland | 17 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 504 |
Inverclyde | 14 | 46 | 19 | - | 16 | 4 | 3 | 100 | 216 |
Midlothian | 10 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 328 |
Moray | 19 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 100 | 284 |
North Ayrshire | 12 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 300 |
North Lanarkshire | 10 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 708 |
Orkney | 17 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 10 | 100 | 261 |
Perth and Kinross | 19 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 283 |
Renfrewshire | 9 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 100 | 407 |
Scottish Borders | 27 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | 100 | 281 |
Shetland | 13 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 5 | - | 7 | 100 | 360 |
South Ayrshire | 14 | 58 | 10 | - | 12 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 281 |
South Lanarkshire | 10 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 100 | 727 |
Stirling | 16 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 273 |
West Dumbartonshire | 11 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 100 | 219 |
West Lothian | 9 | 59 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 100 | 387 |
Scotland | 15 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 13,280 |