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Chapter 3 - Education and Skills
Qualifications
There are three Lifelong Learning indicators in Scotland connected with qualifications:
1.Reduce the proportion of working age adults whose highest qualification is below SCQF level 5.
The proportion of working age people whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 5 was estimated to be 17.5% in 2005. North Lanarkshire had the highest estimated proportion (28.5%) and East Renfrewshire had the lowest estimated proportion (8.2%).
Table 19: Proportion of working age adults whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 5, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion |
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Scotland | 18.8% | 17.5% |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 15.3% | 15.2% |
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Aberdeenshire | 13.2% | 11.7% |
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Angus | 14.0% | 15.7% |
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Argyll & Bute | 19.6% | 15.3% |
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Clackmannanshire | 20.7% | 18.3% |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 19.4% | 17.6% |
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Dundee City | 21.4% | 18.6% |
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East Ayrshire | 25.2% | 25.2% |
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East Dunbartonshire | 9.4% | 9.9% |
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East Lothian | 16.6% | 13.3% |
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East Renfrewshire | 9.6% | 8.2% |
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Edinburgh, City of | 12.3% | 12.4% |
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Eilean Siar | 22.5% | 17.5% |
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Falkirk | 19.7% | 15.1% |
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Fife | 17.0% | 14.5% |
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Glasgow City | 25.4% | 26.7% |
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Highland | 16.4% | 14.2% |
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Inverclyde | 21.6% | 19.3% |
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Midlothian | 19.4% | 16.1% |
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Moray | 20.2% | 16.0% |
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North Ayrshire | 23.7% | 18.3% |
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North Lanarkshire | 28.0% | 28.5% |
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Orkney Islands | 11.3% | 10.6% |
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Perth & Kinross | 13.6% | 13.2% |
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Renfrewshire | 18.8% | 17.1% |
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Scottish Borders | 18.7% | 13.8% |
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Shetland Islands | 11.2% | 9.5% |
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South Ayrshire | 19.0% | 16.7% |
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South Lanarkshire | 21.1% | 18.8% |
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Stirling | 11.5% | 13.1% |
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West Dunbartonshire | 24.2% | 20.7% |
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West Lothian | 17.8% | 16.0% |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 38.2% | 36.1% |
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Rest of Scotland | 15.5% | 14.5% |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 20.2% | 20.5% |
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Other Urban Areas | 19.4% | 16.7% |
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Accessible Small Towns | 18.1% | 16.6% |
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Remote Small Towns | 18.8% | 16.5% |
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Accessible Rural | 15.4% | 12.6% |
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Remote Rural | 15.8% | 15.5% |
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