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1. Based on hourly earnings for full-time staff (defined as working over 30 hours per week).
2. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings ( ASHE). (Figures are published every autumn using figures from the previous April.) The mean is the average, which is calculated by taking the sum of all earnings and then dividing that figure by the number of employees. The median is the point that divides the distribution of earnings in half. Fifty percent of people in employment earn more than the median, while fifty per cent earn less.
3. Based on hourly earnings.
4. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings ( ASHE). (Figures are published every autumn using figures from the previous April.) The mean is the average, which is calculated by taking the sum of all earnings and then dividing that figure by the number of employees. The median is the point that divides the distribution of earnings in half. Fifty percent of people in employment earn more than the median, while fifty per cent earn less.
5. Source: Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2006-07
6. Source: Scottish Women's Aid
7. Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2006/07
8. Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2006/07
9. Source: UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking, March 2007
10. Source: Labour Force Survey, April to June 2007
11. Source: Teachers Census 2007
12. Source: Information Services Division ( ISD) Scotland
13. Source: Joint Staffing Watch, December 2007
14. Source: Scottish Household Survey 2005
15. Source: A Gender Audit of Statistics: Comparing the Position of Women and Men in Scotland
16. For example, "Breaking the Cycle - Taking stock of progress and priorities for the future" - Social Exclusion Unit, September 2004.
17. Scottish Household Survey; Scottish House Conditions Survey; Scottish Crime Survey; Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey; and Scottish Health Survey.
18. ScotXed is the Scottish Exchange of Educational Data.
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