Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

Table 5-28: Adult participation in training and education by qualifications held

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population aged 16-64 years

	No qualifications	O Grade or equivalent	Highers or equivalent	First or higher degree	Professional qualifications	All
None	91	66	61	57	56	71
On-the-job training	6	20	23	26	31	17
An FE college course	1	4	5	3	3	4
A university based course	0	6	8	10	6	5
Distance learning/university	0	3	3	5	5	2
School	0	1	1	0	0	1
Adult education or evening class	1	3	3	3	4	2
Help with reading, writing or use of numbers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Base	3,922	13,383	10,576	2,920	2,733	19,368

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 5-29: Qualifications held by age and by sex

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population aged 16-64 years

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 64	All
No qualifications	20	19	7	11	18	28	36	19
O Grade or equivalent	67	72	85	80	73	59	44	70
Highers or equivalent	59	52	66	62	58	47	42	55
First or higher degree	16	15	12	21	16	14	9	15
Professional qualifications	13	15	3	12	15	18	12	14
Base	9,056	11,633	2,090	4,508	5,335	6,612	2,144	20,689

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 5-30: Qualifications held by annual net household income
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population aged 16-64 years

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 - 20,000	Over 20,000	All
No qualifications	30	36	30	21	10	19
O Grade or equivalent	57	56	61	69	78	70
Highers or equivalent	46	32	42	50	69	55
First or higher degree	8	5	8	11	23	15
Professional qualifications	5	3	6	10	22	14
Base	1,394	3,084	4,107	3,418	8,206	20,209

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 5-31: Qualifications held by local authority

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adults aged 16 to 64 years

	No qualifications	O Grade or equivalent	Highers or equivalent	First or higher degree	Professional qualifications	Base
Aberdeen City	9	74	62	22	14	840
Aberdeenshire	14	79	55	12	17	834
Angus	17	77	54	15	14	445
Argyll and Bute	20	69	53	15	14	372
Clackmannanshire	24	67	52	11	13	378
Dumfries and Galloway	30	60	47	7	13	514
Dundee City	21	63	49	12	11	556
East Ayrshire	24	69	49	9	14	481
East Dumbartonshire	13	77	70	24	22	393
East Lothian	14	75	59	23	23	377
East Renfrewshire	10	84	73	22	24	365
Edinburgh City	9	78	70	31	20	1,632
Eilean Siar	30	57	55	12	16	414
Falkirk	20	73	49	11	12	548
Fife	23	69	51	13	14	1,279
Glasgow City	27	62	51	16	9	2,203
Highland	20	71	56	14	16	814
Inverclyde	21	70	48	9	10	340
Midlothian	22	68	53	13	11	463
Moray	23	56	44	6	7	406
North Ayrshire	20	72	50	8	12	514
North Lanarkshire	26	63	48	8	11	1,174
Orkney	25	66	53	10	15	417
Perth and Kinross	11	76	63	16	19	454
Renfrewshire	20	71	58	15	13	628
Scottish Borders	21	70	58	17	17	418
Shetland	18	77	51	12	18	481
South Ayrshire	21	68	56	12	14	452
South Lanarkshire	19	63	57	12	13	1,155
Stirling	11	74	64	24	19	414
West Dumbartonshire	22	67	50	8	9	358
West Lothian	19	73	47	11	11	570
Scotland	19	70	55	15	14	20,689

Rows add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 5-32: Qualifications held by urban/rural classification

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adults aged 16 to 64 years

	Large urban areas	Other Urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
No qualifications	19	20	19	24	17	18	19
O Grade or equivalent	68	69	71	68	72	71	70
Highers or equivalent	58	51	54	49	57	56	55
First or higher degree	19	11	13	11	15	15	15
Professional qualifications	14	12	14	15	18	18	14
Base	7,439	6,117	2,120	902	2,348	1,729	20,681

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

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