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Lone Parents
Table 5 shows employment rate estimates for lone parents of working age in 2006. The employment rate estimate of working age lone parents in Scotland was 56.5%.
In 2006, six local authority areas had a lone parent employment rate estimate above 70.0%: Highland (75.5%), East Dunbartonshire (73.5%), East Renfrewshire (72.7%), Argyll & Bute (71.8%), Perth & Kinross (71.3%) and Aberdeenshire (71.3%).
The lone parent employment rate estimate for those living in the 15% most deprived areas was 39.3% in 2006, much lower than that for the rest of Scotland (63.9%).
Table 5: Working age employment rates and levels for lone parents, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 55.7% | 56.5% | 104,200 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 68.0% | 66.0% | 3,600 |
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Aberdeenshire | 73.7% | 71.3% | 3,400 |
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Angus | 55.7% | 66.7% | 2,600 |
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Argyll & Bute | 66.8% | 71.8% | 1,800 |
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Clackmannanshire | 39.6% | * | * |
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Dumfries & Galloway | * | 64.1% | 2,800 |
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Dundee City | 56.9% | 52.8% | 2,900 |
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East Ayrshire | 48.9% | 50.1% | 2,300 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 70.2% | 73.5% | 1,900 |
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East Lothian | 56.6% | 52.2% | 1,400 |
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East Renfrewshire | 64.0% | 72.7% | 1,500 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 64.6% | 62.1% | 8,200 |
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Eilean Siar | * | * | * |
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Falkirk | 63.0% | 54.3% | 3,100 |
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Fife | 46.0% | 49.7% | 6,700 |
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Glasgow City | 41.8% | 44.1% | 15,000 |
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Highland | 70.4% | 75.5% | 3,200 |
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Inverclyde | 59.0% | 54.5% | 2,200 |
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Midlothian | 57.7% | 61.9% | 1,800 |
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Moray | 57.1% | 63.8% | 1,500 |
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North Ayrshire | 58.1% | 54.6% | 3,300 |
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North Lanarkshire | 56.2% | 53.3% | 8,000 |
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Orkney Islands | * | * | * |
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Perth & Kinross | 62.4% | 71.3% | 2,600 |
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Renfrewshire | 57.9% | 65.0% | 4,400 |
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Scottish Borders | 71.9% | 57.6% | 1,600 |
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Shetland Islands | * | * | * |
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South Ayrshire | 58.1% | 55.6% | 1,900 |
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South Lanarkshire | 60.1% | 60.9% | 6,900 |
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Stirling | 66.1% | 56.3% | 1,500 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 48.2% | 59.6% | 2,500 |
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West Lothian | 63.7% | 57.1% | 4,100 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 38.9% | 39.3% | 21,800 |
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Rest of Scotland | 64.1% | 63.9% | 82,500 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 51.6% | 52.3% | 43,700 |
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Other Urban Areas | 57.4% | 57.2% | 34,500 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 57.6% | 58.7% | 9,600 |
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Remote Small Towns | * | 66.6% | 3,400 |
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Accessible Rural | 65.9% | 66.2% | 8,800 |
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Remote Rural | 70.7% | 71.5% | 4,300 |
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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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