Table 31: Local Authority Area Reliability Thresholds
Local Authority | Reliability Threshold |
|---|
Aberdeen City | 3,000 |
|---|
Aberdeenshire | 3,000 |
|---|
Angus | 1,000 |
|---|
Argyll & Bute | 1,000 |
|---|
Clackmannanshire | 1,000 |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 2,000 |
|---|
Dundee City | 2,000 |
|---|
East Ayrshire | 1,000 |
|---|
East Dunbartonshire | 1,000 |
|---|
East Lothian | 1,000 |
|---|
East Renfrewshire | 1,000 |
|---|
Edinburgh, City of | 5,000 |
|---|
Eilean Siar | 1,000 |
|---|
Falkirk | 2,000 |
|---|
Fife | 4,000 |
|---|
Glasgow City | 5,000 |
|---|
Highland | 2,000 |
|---|
Inverclyde | 1,000 |
|---|
Midlothian | 1,000 |
|---|
Moray | 1,000 |
|---|
North Ayrshire | 1,000 |
|---|
North Lanarkshire | 4,000 |
|---|
Orkney Islands | 1,000 |
|---|
Perth & Kinross | 2,000 |
|---|
Renfrewshire | 2,000 |
|---|
Scottish Borders | 1,000 |
|---|
Shetland Islands | 1,000 |
|---|
South Ayrshire | 1,000 |
|---|
South Lanarkshire | 4,000 |
|---|
Stirling | 1,000 |
|---|
West Dunbartonshire | 1,000 |
|---|
West Lothian | 3,000 |
|---|
As survey results, these are subject to a degree of error and implied changes between the 2006 and 2007 results may not be significant and instead be within a given error range. Confidence limits can be used to assess the range of values that the true value lies between. 95% confidence limits for most of the results in this publication can be downloaded from the Nomis ® website - http://www.nomisweb.co.uk.
What does the 95% confidence limit mean? If, for example, we have an APS estimate and confidence limit of 63% +/- 0.27%, this means that 19 times out of 20 we would expect the true rate to lie between 62.73% and 63.27%. Only in exceptional circumstances (1 in 20 times) would we expect the true rate to be outside the confidence interval around the APS estimate. Thus the smaller the confidence limits, the more reliable the estimate. Tables 32 to 36 give confidence limits for the 2007 estimates published in this report.
Reweighting
On 14 May 2008, ONS published reweighted LFS estimates following a major reweighting exercise. The LFS microdata has been revised back to 1992 following the reweighting exercise and the annual seasonal adjustment review. The 2006 and 2007 estimates in this publication are consistent with the reweighted LFS microdata. Further information on the reweighting and its impact on headline labour market indicators can be found at the link below:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/article.asp?ID=2011&Pos=&ColRank=1&Rank=176