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Economic inactivity
People who are economically inactive are neither employed nor unemployed. Those who are economically inactive are not in work and are not seeking/available for work. Reasons for economic inactivity include being sick or disabled, looking after family or home, being a student and taking early retirement.
All persons
The economic inactivity rate of working age people in Scotland was estimated to be 20.8% in 2005 (Table 12). The total number of working age people who were economically inactive was estimated to be 649,000. Of those who were economically inactive 29.8% want to work ( Table 13).
Table 12: Economic inactivity rates and levels for working age people, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 21.0% | 20.8% | 649,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 19.0% | 16.9% | 22,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 16.4% | 16.0% | 23,000 |
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Angus | 20.3% | 18.8% | 12,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 18.9% | 19.1% | 10,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 22.5% | 22.8% | 6,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 18.0% | 18.5% | 15,000 |
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Dundee City | 24.6% | 23.3% | 20,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 23.4% | 24.6% | 18,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 16.8% | 16.6% | 11,000 |
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East Lothian | 19.5% | 18.9% | 11,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 17.4% | 17.2% | 10,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 20.3% | 19.0% | 56,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 16.3% | 16.1% | 2,000 |
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Falkirk | 19.3% | 20.1% | 18,000 |
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Fife | 18.1% | 19.1% | 42,000 |
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Glasgow City | 29.6% | 27.9% | 104,000 |
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Highland | 13.9% | 16.3% | 20,000 |
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Inverclyde | 25.4% | 24.5% | 12,000 |
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Midlothian | 17.0% | 16.3% | 8,000 |
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Moray | 19.6% | 20.5% | 10,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 25.0% | 22.8% | 19,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 24.5% | 23.4% | 47,000 |
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Orkney Islands | 13.5% | 13.5% | 2,000 |
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Perth & Kinross | 18.9% | 20.0% | 16,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 22.0% | 21.3% | 22,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 18.0% | 18.3% | 12,000 |
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Shetland Islands | 12.8% | 11.8% | 2,000 |
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South Ayrshire | 20.3% | 21.3% | 14,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 20.7% | 21.9% | 41,000 |
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Stirling | 19.1% | 20.7% | 11,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 23.6% | 23.5% | 13,000 |
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West Lothian | 17.6% | 20.1% | 22,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 36.9% | 34.5% | 153,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 18.3% | 18.5% | 497,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 23.9% | 22.8% | 279,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 20.2% | 20.1% | 182,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 18.7% | 20.1% | 66,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | 17.1% | 18.4% | 16,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 18.7% | 18.2% | 77,000 |
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Remote Rural | 16.3% | 18.4% | 30,000 |
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