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Lone Parents
Table 5 shows employment rate estimates for lone parents of working age in 2005. The employment rate estimate of working age lone parents in Scotland was 55.7%.
In 2005, four local authority areas had a lone parent employment rate estimate above 70.0%: Aberdeenshire (73.7%), Scottish Borders (71.9%), Highland (70.4%) and East Dunbartonshire (70.2%).
The lone parent employment rate estimate for those living in the 15% most deprived areas was 38.3% in 2005, much lower than that for the rest of Scotland (64.7%).
Table 5: Working age employment rates and levels for lone parents, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 53.7% | 55.7% | 97,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 62.2% | 68.0% | 5,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 59.1% | 73.7% | 3,000 |
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Angus | 57.9% | 55.7% | 1,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 65.5% | 66.8% | 2,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 47.0% | 39.6% | 1,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 68.9% | * | * |
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Dundee City | 55.0% | 56.9% | 3,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 50.6% | 48.9% | 2,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 71.1% | 70.2% | 2,000 |
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East Lothian | 66.9% | 56.6% | 2,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 61.5% | 64.0% | 1,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 54.9% | 64.6% | 8,000 |
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Eilean Siar | * | * | * |
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Falkirk | 63.2% | 63.0% | 3,000 |
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Fife | 52.3% | 46.0% | 5,000 |
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Glasgow City | 36.4% | 41.8% | 16,000 |
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Highland | 67.1% | 70.4% | 3,000 |
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Inverclyde | 48.6% | 59.0% | 2,000 |
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Midlothian | 62.0% | 57.7% | 2,000 |
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Moray | 65.5% | 57.1% | 1,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 48.9% | 58.1% | 3,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 48.3% | 56.2% | 8,000 |
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Orkney Islands | * | * | * |
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Perth & Kinross | 61.0% | 62.4% | 2,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 55.0% | 57.9% | 4,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 80.2% | 71.9% | 2,000 |
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Shetland Islands | * | * | * |
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South Ayrshire | 55.0% | 58.1% | 2,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 59.7% | 60.1% | 5,000 |
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Stirling | 49.0% | 66.1% | 2,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 55.9% | 48.2% | 2,000 |
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West Lothian | 61.3% | 63.7% | 4,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 36.9% | 38.3% | 23,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 61.7% | 64.7% | 75,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 47.4% | 51.4% | 44,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 55.5% | 57.0% | 29,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 65.2% | 58.8% | 9,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | * | * | * |
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Accessible Rural | 59.8% | 66.8% | 10,000 |
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Remote Rural | 83.5% | 71.3% | 3,000 |
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* - Estimate is below reliability threshold ( See Annex A for more details).
Note: A lone parent is defined here as a working age adult who is the head of a family with dependent children who is either married but does not live with his/her spouse or is not married and does not live with a partner. Dependent children are defined as those aged 0-15 or aged 16-18 in full-time education.
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