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The proportion of people aged 16 to 69 who are no longer in continuous full-time education but participated in some type of adult learning (taught or non-taught) in the last year was estimated to be 67.4% in 2005.
In 2005, the Shetland Islands had the highest adult learning proportion (estimated at 80.7%) and North Lanarkshire had the lowest adult learning proportion (estimated at 54.5%).
In 2005, the proportion of people living in the 15% most deprived areas who participated in adult learning in the last year was estimated to be 46.7%, much lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 70.8%.
Table 22: Proportion and level of people aged 16 to 69 who participated in adult learning in the last year, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level
Adult Learning |
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Scotland | 68.6% | 67.4% | 2,232,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 74.1% | 74.1% | 98,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 74.8% | 75.3% | 113,000 |
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Angus | 72.6% | 69.8% | 48,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 72.3% | 74.3% | 43,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 63.2% | 65.5% | 21,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 76.4% | 72.4% | 69,000 |
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Dundee City | 65.0% | 66.2% | 59,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 62.3% | 61.0% | 48,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 74.5% | 74.1% | 52,000 |
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East Lothian | 77.5% | 74.6% | 44,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 78.7% | 78.7% | 45,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 76.1% | 76.2% | 231,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 65.7% | 66.3% | 10,000 |
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Falkirk | 66.5% | 67.8% | 66,000 |
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Fife | 67.4% | 64.1% | 151,000 |
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Glasgow City | 60.8% | 57.8% | 222,000 |
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Highland | 71.4% | 70.5% | 94,000 |
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Inverclyde | 64.7% | 60.8% | 33,000 |
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Midlothian | 75.7% | 72.2% | 39,000 |
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Moray | 76.1% | 75.9% | 42,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 59.5% | 60.7% | 53,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 58.1% | 54.5% | 114,000 |
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Orkney Islands | 79.1% | 73.6% | 9,000 |
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Perth & Kinross | 71.4% | 72.1% | 61,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 63.5% | 61.7% | 69,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 77.5% | 74.0% | 51,000 |
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Shetland Islands | 78.7% | 80.7% | 11,000 |
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South Ayrshire | 69.4% | 67.2% | 48,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 64.9% | 65.5% | 132,000 |
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Stirling | 73.9% | 75.2% | 42,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 63.4% | 63.9% | 39,000 |
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West Lothian | 70.0% | 66.4% | 75,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 49.5% | 46.7% | 223,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 72.0% | 70.8% | 2,009,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 67.0% | 65.0% | 825,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 66.6% | 65.8% | 637,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 69.2% | 68.6% | 243,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | 68.9% | 70.2% | 66,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 75.0% | 73.4% | 330,000 |
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Remote Rural | 75.3% | 74.2% | 130,000 |
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