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Working age people in employment, education or training ( EET)
The number of working age people in employment, education or training in Scotland was estimated to be 2.518 million in 2006 (80.6% of all working age people).
Table 18 shows the estimated proportion of working age people EET in 2006. The three local authority areas with the lowest estimated proportions were: Glasgow City (72.6%), Clackmannanshire (73.9%) and North Ayrshire (75.6%).
In 2006, the proportion of working age people EET living in the 15% most deprived areas was estimated to be 61.3%, lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 83.9%.
Table 18: Proportion and level of working age people EET, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level
EET |
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Scotland | 79.7% | 80.6% | 2,517,500 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 83.6% | 85.5% | 109,900 |
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Aberdeenshire | 84.4% | 85.2% | 120,900 |
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Angus | 80.4% | 83.8% | 53,200 |
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Argyll & Bute | 80.7% | 84.0% | 43,200 |
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Clackmannanshire | 75.7% | 73.9% | 21,100 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 80.8% | 82.2% | 68,600 |
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Dundee City | 78.7% | 78.5% | 65,200 |
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East Ayrshire | 74.1% | 75.8% | 54,300 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 86.1% | 85.1% | 55,800 |
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East Lothian | 82.0% | 82.5% | 47,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 84.4% | 83.0% | 47,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 84.6% | 85.2% | 251,800 |
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Eilean Siar | 85.9% | 85.1% | 12,200 |
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Falkirk | 79.0% | 79.5% | 71,800 |
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Fife | 80.6% | 80.6% | 176,000 |
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Glasgow City | 72.2% | 72.6% | 270,700 |
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Highland | 83.8% | 84.7% | 103,900 |
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Inverclyde | 76.1% | 75.9% | 37,700 |
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Midlothian | 82.5% | 83.8% | 42,600 |
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Moray | 80.4% | 82.0% | 41,600 |
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North Ayrshire | 77.3% | 75.6% | 61,500 |
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North Lanarkshire | 75.3% | 76.9% | 153,300 |
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Orkney Islands | 86.4% | 88.7% | 10,000 |
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Perth & Kinross | 82.7% | 83.2% | 65,100 |
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Renfrewshire | 79.0% | 80.8% | 83,900 |
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Scottish Borders | 82.3% | 82.3% | 52,200 |
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Shetland Islands | 89.3% | 90.5% | 11,700 |
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South Ayrshire | 79.5% | 79.2% | 51,600 |
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South Lanarkshire | 78.8% | 81.1% | 153,700 |
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Stirling | 80.8% | 81.4% | 44,200 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 76.0% | 79.0% | 45,000 |
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West Lothian | 79.5% | 83.0% | 90,700 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 61.0% | 61.3% | 275,300 |
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Rest of Scotland | 82.8% | 83.9% | 2,242,300 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 78.4% | 79.0% | 975,400 |
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Other Urban Areas | 79.7% | 80.4% | 752,800 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 79.4% | 80.8% | 235,300 |
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Remote Small Towns | 81.5% | 82.9% | 92,100 |
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Accessible Rural | 82.6% | 84.5% | 311,500 |
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Remote Rural | 82.7% | 83.6% | 150,500 |
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