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Table 2.3 Social Enquiry Reports (1) by Employment Status, 2004-05 to 2006-07

Number and Per cent of Reports

Employment status

2004-05

2005-06 (3)

2006-07 (4)

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Number

Full Time Education

564

123

687

523

102

625

555

89

644

Employed/Self Employed

5,939

495

6,434

6,898

534

7,432

7,425

624

8,049

Unemployed

16,631

3,313

19,944

16,461

3,104

19,565

16,740

3,195

19,935

Government Sponsored Training Scheme

272

39

311

387

64

451

310

40

350

Not Seeking Employment

2,928

1,064

3,992

3,077

1,037

4,114

3,049

1,078

4,127

Other (2)

2,443

490

2,933

2,686

469

3,155

2,114

346

2,460

Total

28,777

5,524

34,301

30,032

5,310

35,342

30,193

5,372

35,565

Percent

Full Time Education

2.0

2.2

2.0

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

Employed/Self Employed

20.6

9.0

18.8

23.0

10.1

21.0

24.6

11.6

22.6

Unemployed

57.8

60.0

58.1

54.8

58.5

55.4

55.4

59.5

56.1

Government Sponsored Training Scheme

0.9

0.7

0.9

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.0

0.7

1.0

Not Seeking Employment

10.2

19.3

11.6

10.2

19.5

11.6

10.1

20.1

11.6

Other (2)

8.5

8.9

8.6

8.9

8.8

8.9

7.0

6.4

6.9

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1. Reports submitted to Courts, excluding Supplementary Reports (see Annex, paragraph 15.6).
2. Other includes employment status not known; retired; part time education; custody; supported by parents; looking
after relatives; permanently sick; not eligible for benefits.
3. All Perth & Kinross cases recorded under 'other' in 2005-06 since due to the introduction of a new system their
data on employment status was felt to be unreliable. Includes a small amount of estimated data for missing
information in Glasgow City and Moray in 2005-06.
4. Figures for 2006-07 include some estimated data for Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.

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