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Table 25: Graduates as a proportion of those in employment aged 25-59/64, 2006-2007
Geography
(Residence Based) | 2006 | 2007 |
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Proportion | Proportion |
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Scotland | 23.8% | 24.9% |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 29.5% | 33.6% |
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Aberdeenshire | 20.8% | 22.0% |
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Angus | 18.3% | 18.3% |
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Argyll & Bute | 16.6% | 19.5% |
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Clackmannanshire | 18.4% | 18.7% |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 16.4% | 17.5% |
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Dundee City | 23.3% | 26.2% |
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East Ayrshire | 13.2% | 15.3% |
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East Dunbartonshire | 32.9% | 38.7% |
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East Lothian | 25.7% | 25.3% |
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East Renfrewshire | 37.1% | 41.6% |
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Edinburgh, City of | 43.8% | 43.4% |
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Eilean Siar | 13.6% | 20.5% |
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Falkirk | 15.6% | 15.7% |
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Fife | 21.6% | 21.9% |
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Glasgow City | 30.4% | 31.0% |
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Highland | 16.4% | 17.9% |
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Inverclyde | 16.1% | 17.4% |
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Midlothian | 16.2% | 15.0% |
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Moray | 16.0% | 15.7% |
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North Ayrshire | 15.0% | 16.7% |
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North Lanarkshire | 16.8% | 17.6% |
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Orkney Islands | 15.8% | 17.1% |
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Perth & Kinross | 28.6% | 27.6% |
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Renfrewshire | 21.2% | 22.4% |
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Scottish Borders | 20.4% | 20.4% |
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Shetland Islands | 14.7% | 14.3% |
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South Ayrshire | 23.0% | 22.6% |
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South Lanarkshire | 20.4% | 22.0% |
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Stirling | 32.3% | 32.8% |
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West Dunbartonshire | 11.4% | 14.6% |
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West Lothian | 17.8% | 19.0% |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 9.1% | 11.2% |
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Rest of Scotland | 25.5% | 26.5% |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 30.7% | 31.9% |
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Other Urban Areas | 17.2% | 18.3% |
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Accessible Small Towns | 19.5% | 21.3% |
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Remote Small Towns | 17.3% | 17.8% |
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Accessible Rural | 26.0% | 26.1% |
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Remote Rural | 19.8% | 21.1% |
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Enterprise Region |
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Highlands & Islands | 16.0% | 17.7% |
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Rest of Scotland | 24.6% | 25.6% |
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Note: A graduate is defined here as someone who has obtained a degree level qualification ( SCQF levels 9 to 12).
The City of Edinburgh had the highest estimated proportion (43.4%) and the Shetland Islands had the lowest estimated proportion (14.3%).
In 2007, the proportion of employed people living in the 15% most deprived areas that were graduates was estimated to be 11.2%, much lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 26.5%.
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