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Annual Population Survey in Scotland 2007: A Compendium of Labour Market Statistics

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Table 19: Economic inactivity rates and levels for working age females, 2006-2007

Geography
(Residence Based)

2006

2007

Proportion

Proportion

Level Inactive

Scotland

23.7%

23.9%

371,900

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

19.4%

21.0%

13,600

Aberdeenshire

20.6%

20.4%

14,300

Angus

18.9%

20.3%

6,300

Argyll & Bute

20.4%

18.5%

4,400

Clackmannanshire

27.3%

29.1%

4,300

Dumfries & Galloway

20.3%

20.3%

8,300

Dundee City

26.5%

23.2%

10,200

East Ayrshire

26.3%

23.9%

8,500

East Dunbartonshire

16.3%

20.3%

6,200

East Lothian

22.6%

20.2%

5,400

East Renfrewshire

23.4%

22.5%

5,900

Edinburgh, City of

22.3%

22.8%

35,600

Eilean Siar

18.5%

21.2%

1,500

Falkirk

22.0%

21.3%

9,700

Fife

22.5%

22.4%

24,200

Glasgow City

34.6%

34.0%

64,200

Highland

20.6%

20.8%

12,900

Inverclyde

22.7%

25.1%

6,100

Midlothian

16.7%

16.4%

4,000

Moray

22.0%

21.6%

5,100

North Ayrshire

27.2%

29.0%

11,800

North Lanarkshire

26.2%

28.5%

28,600

Orkney Islands

19.4%

*

*

Perth & Kinross

21.0%

22.3%

8,900

Renfrewshire

21.1%

22.8%

11,900

Scottish Borders

23.0%

20.5%

6,400

Shetland Islands

*

*

*

South Ayrshire

24.1%

21.6%

6,900

South Lanarkshire

21.2%

21.4%

20,200

Stirling

25.3%

24.8%

6,600

West Dunbartonshire

23.9%

25.7%

7,300

West Lothian

19.9%

21.6%

11,300

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

40.8%

39.0%

88,600

Rest of Scotland

20.7%

21.3%

283,400

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

26.5%

26.2%

165,100

Other Urban Areas

22.0%

22.8%

103,300

Accessible Small Towns

21.6%

24.0%

32,600

Remote Small Towns

21.2%

21.7%

11,500

Accessible Rural

21.1%

20.0%

39,500

Remote Rural

22.6%

22.8%

19,900

Enterprise Region

Highlands & Islands

20.2%

19.7%

23,900

Rest of Scotland

24.0%

24.2%

348,100

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