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Table 3 shows that the three local authority areas which had the highest female employment rate estimates in 2006 were: Shetland Islands (84.4%), Orkney Islands (80.6%) and Eilean Siar (80.4%).
Five local authority areas had female employment rate estimates below 70.0% in 2006: Glasgow City (62.8%), North Ayrshire (67.4%), Clackmannanshire (67.7%), North Lanarkshire (69.5%) and Dundee City (69.8%).
In 2006, the female employment rate estimate for the 15% most deprived areas was 53.7%; much lower than that for the rest of Scotland (76.5%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, the 2006 female employment rate estimate was lowest in large urban areas (70.1%) and highest in remote rural areas (76.5%).
Table 3: Female working age employment rates and levels, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 72.1% | 73.1% | 1,117,700 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 75.7% | 77.7% | 47,700 |
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Aberdeenshire | 75.6% | 77.2% | 52,500 |
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Angus | 72.3% | 77.3% | 23,600 |
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Argyll & Bute | 75.1% | 76.8% | 18,700 |
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Clackmannanshire | 67.2% | 67.7% | 9,400 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 74.3% | 77.1% | 31,100 |
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Dundee City | 68.0% | 69.8% | 28,500 |
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East Ayrshire | 65.6% | 70.2% | 24,700 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 77.7% | 79.8% | 25,500 |
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East Lothian | 75.6% | 74.7% | 20,800 |
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East Renfrewshire | 76.5% | 74.2% | 20,400 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 74.9% | 74.1% | 108,100 |
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Eilean Siar | 83.2% | 80.4% | 5,300 |
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Falkirk | 73.7% | 75.0% | 33,500 |
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Fife | 72.8% | 73.5% | 78,500 |
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Glasgow City | 64.5% | 62.8% | 118,200 |
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Highland | 80.8% | 77.8% | 45,600 |
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Inverclyde | 71.3% | 73.0% | 18,100 |
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Midlothian | 77.8% | 78.4% | 19,300 |
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Moray | 72.0% | 75.1% | 18,100 |
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North Ayrshire | 69.5% | 67.4% | 26,800 |
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North Lanarkshire | 69.7% | 69.5% | 68,100 |
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Orkney Islands | 82.0% | 80.6% | 4,300 |
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Perth & Kinross | 72.7% | 75.5% | 29,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 72.6% | 76.5% | 39,100 |
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Scottish Borders | 72.9% | 73.8% | 22,800 |
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Shetland Islands | 81.5% | 84.4% | 5,100 |
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South Ayrshire | 71.0% | 72.0% | 23,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 69.7% | 76.3% | 71,000 |
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Stirling | 74.0% | 71.8% | 19,100 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 67.6% | 71.7% | 20,300 |
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West Lothian | 75.0% | 77.2% | 41,500 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 52.9% | 53.7% | 121,200 |
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Rest of Scotland | 75.5% | 76.5% | 996,500 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 70.3% | 70.1% | 430,700 |
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Other Urban Areas | 72.2% | 74.2% | 341,700 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 72.7% | 75.1% | 106,100 |
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Remote Small Towns | 75.7% | 76.0% | 40,600 |
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Accessible Rural | 74.7% | 76.3% | 134,100 |
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Remote Rural | 76.0% | 76.5% | 64,500 |
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