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Table 1.8: Profile of pre-school education and childcare staff, 2005

Pre-school education and childcare workforce

Total Scottish Workforce

number

percentage of all staff

percentage of all staff

Age and gender

All staff

30,640

100%

100%

16-24

4,750

16%

15%

25-34

5,800

19%

20%

35-49

12,650

41%

39%

50+

4,670

15%

26%

Age not known

2,770

9%

N/A

Male

640

2%

53%

16-24

200

1%

8%

25-34

170

1%

11%

35-49

180

1%

20%

50+

90

0%

15%

Age not known

0

0%

N/A

Female

29,910

98%

47%

16-24

4,550

15%

7%

25-34

5,630

18%

10%

35-49

12,440

41%

19%

50+

4,560

15%

11%

Age not known

2,730

9%

N/A

Unknown gender

90

0%

N/A

Ethnicity

White - Scottish

27,320

89%

98%

White - other

2,730

9%

Asian, Black, Mixed or Other Ethnicity

360

1%

2%

Not disclosed or not known

230

1%

N/A

Full or part time work

Full-time

13,720

45%

76%

Part-time

15,660

51%

24%

Not known

1,260

4%

N/A

Workers with disability or health problem lasting one year or more

Has a disability or health problem

3,030

10%

21%

No disability or health problem

27,280

89%

79%

Not known

330

1%

N/A

Workers with disability or health problem that effects type of work done

Effects work done

400

1%

7%

Does not effect work done

23,750

78%

14%

Not known

6,480

21%

N/A

Workers with disability or health problem that effects amount of work done

Effects amount done

320

1%

5%

Does not effect amount done

23,320

76%

16%

Not known

6,990

23%

N/A

Note: Percentages may not always equal 100 and staff numbers 30640 due to rounding.
* figures based on sample sizes of between 0 and 5 are suppressed to protect confidentiality.
Source: Labour Force Survey, Summer (June-August) 2005. Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not equal the sum of individual components due to rounding.

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