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Minority Ethnic Enterprise in Scotland: A National Scoping Study FINAL RESEARCH REPORT

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ANNEX 1: TABLES ON SELF-EMPLOYMENT BY MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP FOR SCOTLAND

Table 1: Aggregate data by ethnicity for all Scotland

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

2424081

246188

10.2

White Scottish

2111285

202251

9.6

Other White British

208183

28094

13.5

White Irish

25049

2767

11.0

Other White

40216

5544

13.8

Indian

7080

1433

20.2

Pakistani

10767

3037

28.4

Bangladeshi

719

131

18.2

Other South Asian

2228

367

16.5

Chinese

7034

1472

20.9

Caribbean

950

83

8.7

African

2362

160

6.8

Black Scottish

431

45

10.4

Any Mixed

4042

395

9.8

Other Minority ethnic

3826

409

10.7

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Gender

Table 2: Males: aggregate data by ethnicity

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

1296705

179095

13.8

White Scottish

1124411

150565

13.4

Other White British

115096

17695

15.4

White Irish

13437

2029

15.1

Other White

20062

3211

16.0

All Minority Ethnic

23699

5595

23.6

Indian

4342

1021

23.5

Pakistani

7256

2469

34.0

Bangladeshi

530

118

22.3

Other South Asian

1423

292

20.5

Chinese

3939

999

25.4

Caribbean

518

53

10.2

African

1417

120

8.5

Black Scottish

225

30

13.3

Any Mixed

1984

245

12.3

Other Minority ethnic

2065

248

12.0

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 3: Females: aggregate data by ethnicity

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

1127376

67093

6.0

White Scottish

986874

51686

5.2

Other White British

93087

10399

11.2

White Irish

11612

738

6.4

Other White

20154

233

11.6

All Minority Ethnic

15649

1937

12.4

Indian

2738

412

15.0

Pakistani

3420

568

16.6

Bangladeshi

189

13

6.9

Other South Asian

805

75

9.3

Chinese

3095

473

15.3

Caribbean

432

30

6.9

African

945

40

4.2

Black Scottish

206

15

7.3

Any Mixed

2058

150

7.3

Other Minority ethnic

1761

161

9.1

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 4: Lowland Scotland excluding the South of Scotland and the cities

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

1421222

138517

9.7

White Scottish

1283056

119249

9.3

Other White British

96036

12008

12.5

White Irish

12045

1426

11.8

Other White

15516

2406

15.5

Indian

2995

749

25.0

Pakistani

3716

1316

35.4

Bangladeshi

136

37

27.2

Other South Asian

713

124

17.4

Chinese

2758

733

26.6

Caribbean

372

33

8.9

African

647

48

7.4

Black Scottish

183

21

11.5

Any Mixed

1576

152

9.6

Other Minority ethnic

1422

140

9.8

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 5: Highland Scotland including the Western Islands and Orkney and Shetland

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

220431

34124

15.5

White Scottish

179326

26413

14.7

Other White British

34829

6463

18.6

White Irish

1398

194

13.9

Other White

3384

742

22.0

Indian

160

26

16.3

Pakistani

187

62

33.2

Bangladeshi

75

23

30.7

Other South Asian

92

17

18.5

Chinese

267

83

31.1

Caribbean

95

11

11.6

African

91

8

8.8

Black Scottish

19

2

10.5

Any Mixed

295

55

18.6

Other Minority ethnic

213

25

11.7

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 6: The South of Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders)

Total Economically Active

Self-employed

Per Cent

All

122093

20018

16.4

White Scottish

101045

15205

15.0

Other White British

18033

4127

22.9

White Irish

882

164

18.6

Other White

1464

355

24.2

Indian

96

22

22.9

Pakistani

58

24

41.4

Bangladeshi

13

3

23.1

Other South Asian

41

10

24.4

Chinese

178

62

34.8

Caribbean

28

1

3.6

African

35

5

14.3

Black Scottish

23

2

8.7

Any Mixed

117

18

15.4

Other Minority ethnic

45

20

44.4

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 7: The cities: Aberdeen

Total Econ Active

Males Self Employed

Females Self Employed

Total Self Employed

Per Cent Self Employed

All

111290

6229

2308

8537

7.7

White Scottish

94114

5096

1828

6924

7.4

Other White British

10637

730

240

970

9.1

White Irish

908

55

19

74

8.1

Other White

3039

169

149

318

10.5

Indian

449

19

4

23

5.1

Pakistani

161

20

8

28

17.4

Bangladeshi

122

17

1

18

14.8

Other South Asian

175

20

6

26

14.9

Chinese

570

63

22

85

14.9

Caribbean

84

5

2

7

8.3

African

311

9

0

9

2.9

Black Scottish

41

3

0

3

7.3

Any Mixed

275

7

10

17

6.2

Other Minority Ethnic

61

13

19

32

52.5

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh *

Table 8: The cities: Dundee

Total Econ Active

Males Self Employed

Females Self Employed

Total Self Employed

Per Cent Self Employed

All

64984

3393

1051

4444

6.8

White Scottish

57584

2915

855

3770

6.5

Other White British

3764

149

90

239

6.3

White Irish

623

27

2

29

4.6

Other White

1102

47

34

81

7.3

Indian

407

64

27

91

22.3

Pakistani

614

113

24

137

22.3

Bangladeshi

91

9

2

11

12.1

Other South Asian

142

21

6

27

19

Chinese

251

19

9

28

11.1

Caribbean

33

2

0

2

6

African

115

11

0

11

9.6

Black Scottish

9

0

0

0

0

Any Mixed

111

6

1

7

6.3

Other Minority ethnic

138

10

1

11

7.9

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 9: The cities: Edinburgh

Total Econ Active

Males Self Employed

Females Self Employed

Total Self Employed

Per Cent Self employed

All

230879

16082

6793

22875

9.9

White Scottish

177452

12323

4616

16939

9.5

Other White British

31110

2006

1217

3223

10.3

White Irish

4089

246

128

374

9.1

Other White

10604

657

507

1164

10.9

Indian

1176

94

34

128

10.9

Pakistani

1454

338

93

431

29.6

Bangladeshi

206

30

0

30

14.6

Other South Asian

507

66

18

84

16.6

Chinese

1487

152

74

226

15.1

Caribbean

172

9

10

19

11.0

African

638

29

19

48

7.5

Black Scottish

79

7

2

9

11.3

Any Mixed

1005

47

41

88

8.8

Other Minority Ethnic

900

78

34

112

12.0

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

Table 10: The cities: Glasgow

Total Econ Active

Males Self Employed

Females Self Employed

Total Self Employed

Per Cent Self employed

All

241031

13393

4280

17673

7.3

White Scottish

208332

10517

3234

13751

6.6

Other White British

12287

678

386

1064

8.6

White Irish

5059

397

109

506

10

Other White

4986

289

189

478

9.5

Indian

1786

241

100

341

19

Pakistani

4479

911

127

1038

23

Bangladeshi

74

6

3

8

10

Other South Asian

554

64

15

79

14.2

Chinese

1491

183

72

256

17.1

Caribbean

156

6

4

10

6.4

African

519

25

6

31

5.9

Black Scottish

68

4

4

8

11.7

Any Mixed

622

37

11

48

7.7

Other Minority ethnic

618

35

20

55

8.8

Source: http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser
see also CD Rom Series. Census Analysis - General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh

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