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Chapter 3 - Education and Skills
Qualifications
Table 19 shows the proportion of working age adults whose highest qualification is below SCQF level 5 (Credit Standard Grade or equivalent). The proportion of working age people whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 5 was estimated to be 16.4% in 2006. North Lanarkshire had the highest estimated proportion (26.9%) and Edinburgh City had the lowest estimated proportion (8.8%).
Table 19: Proportion of working age adults whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 5, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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Proportion | Proportion |
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Scotland | 17.5% | 16.4% |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 15.2% | 13.8% |
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Aberdeenshire | 11.7% | 13.8% |
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Angus | 15.7% | 13.7% |
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Argyll & Bute | 15.3% | 14.7% |
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Clackmannanshire | 18.3% | 20.4% |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 17.6% | 16.0% |
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Dundee City | 18.6% | 19.3% |
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East Ayrshire | 25.2% | 21.8% |
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East Dunbartonshire | 9.9% | 9.1% |
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East Lothian | 13.3% | 13.2% |
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East Renfrewshire | 8.2% | 10.1% |
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Edinburgh, City of | 12.4% | 8.8% |
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Eilean Siar | 17.5% | 16.6% |
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Falkirk | 15.1% | 15.0% |
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Fife | 14.5% | 13.2% |
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Glasgow City | 26.7% | 23.5% |
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Highland | 14.2% | 12.5% |
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Inverclyde | 19.3% | 21.5% |
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Midlothian | 16.1% | 13.2% |
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Moray | 16.0% | 18.1% |
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North Ayrshire | 18.3% | 18.9% |
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North Lanarkshire | 28.5% | 26.9% |
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Orkney Islands | 10.6% | 11.8% |
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Perth & Kinross | 13.2% | 12.6% |
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Renfrewshire | 17.1% | 15.1% |
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Scottish Borders | 13.8% | 14.6% |
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Shetland Islands | 9.5% | 11.8% |
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South Ayrshire | 16.7% | 16.1% |
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South Lanarkshire | 18.8% | 18.9% |
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Stirling | 13.1% | 10.6% |
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West Dunbartonshire | 20.7% | 21.2% |
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West Lothian | 16.0% | 14.6% |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 35.2% | 34.2% |
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Rest of Scotland | 14.6% | 13.4% |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 20.4% | 17.9% |
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Other Urban Areas | 16.5% | 16.1% |
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Accessible Small Towns | 16.7% | 16.9% |
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Remote Small Towns | 16.7% | 18.0% |
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Accessible Rural | 13.0% | 12.2% |
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Remote Rural | 15.0% | 13.6% |
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