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

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Economic inactivity rates

Table 30: Working age economic inactivity rates

Geography
(Residence Based)

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

Apr 2006 - Mar 2007

Jul 2006 - Jun 2007

Oct 2006 - Sep 2007

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Scotland

20.0%

20.0%

20.0%

20.0%

20.1%

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

15.6%

16.4%

16.1%

17.1%

17.4%

Aberdeenshire

15.5%

14.4%

14.2%

15.6%

15.6%

Angus

15.0%

15.8%

14.8%

15.6%

16.2%

Argyll & Bute

16.5%

16.4%

15.3%

16.6%

16.4%

Clackmannanshire

23.2%

22.1%

21.6%

23.0%

25.3%

Dumfries & Galloway

16.9%

18.0%

18.7%

19.4%

19.0%

Dundee City

23.4%

22.4%

21.6%

21.5%

22.4%

East Ayrshire

22.7%

24.0%

23.7%

22.3%

21.5%

East Dunbartonshire

15.3%

15.9%

17.2%

18.3%

18.9%

East Lothian

18.5%

19.4%

20.3%

19.4%

17.9%

East Renfrewshire

18.2%

19.3%

19.2%

18.7%

19.0%

Edinburgh, City of

19.2%

18.7%

20.0%

19.7%

19.7%

Eilean Siar

15.6%

17.1%

14.4%

18.1%

17.7%

Falkirk

17.1%

17.1%

17.5%

18.2%

18.5%

Fife

18.6%

18.9%

18.2%

18.3%

18.8%

Glasgow City

29.9%

29.4%

28.8%

28.1%

28.3%

Highland

17.6%

16.9%

16.6%

16.4%

15.9%

Inverclyde

22.2%

23.1%

23.1%

23.8%

24.8%

Midlothian

14.1%

14.8%

15.4%

15.3%

15.1%

Moray

17.7%

17.7%

18.6%

18.0%

17.2%

North Ayrshire

22.5%

22.2%

22.6%

22.4%

23.5%

North Lanarkshire

22.0%

21.3%

22.4%

22.0%

22.6%

Orkney Islands

16.1%

15.8%

16.3%

12.4%

11.2%

Perth & Kinross

17.1%

17.0%

17.7%

18.1%

18.7%

Renfrewshire

19.6%

20.5%

20.5%

21.1%

20.9%

Scottish Borders

17.5%

17.4%

16.4%

16.8%

16.1%

Shetland Islands

10.5%

9.2%

10.8%

8.7%

10.4%

South Ayrshire

20.6%

20.7%

20.3%

19.3%

18.8%

South Lanarkshire

18.9%

19.5%

18.8%

17.8%

18.5%

Stirling

21.4%

21.2%

20.8%

19.6%

19.2%

West Dunbartonshire

21.1%

20.5%

21.7%

21.9%

20.8%

West Lothian

16.7%

16.4%

17.1%

17.6%

17.7%

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

34.7%

35.3%

34.4%

34.0%

33.8%

Rest of Scotland

17.5%

17.5%

17.7%

17.7%

17.9%

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

22.8%

22.4%

22.6%

22.4%

22.7%

Other Urban Areas

18.6%

18.7%

18.7%

18.7%

19.1%

Accessible Small Towns

19.2%

19.8%

19.8%

19.9%

19.6%

Remote Small Towns

18.5%

18.6%

19.1%

19.8%

18.7%

Accessible Rural

16.2%

16.7%

16.1%

16.2%

16.1%

Remote Rural

18.5%

17.6%

18.1%

18.2%

18.3%

Enterprise Region

Highlands & Islands

16.8%

16.4%

16.2%

16.1%

15.6%

Rest of Scotland

20.3%

20.3%

20.3%

20.3%

20.5%

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