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The Age Participation Index ( API) for Scotland 2006-07 is published today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. This updates the previous publication of the API in June 2007. The API is used to measure the percentage of young Scots entering higher education ( HE) anywhere in the UK for the first time in a given year.
The main points are as follows:
- In 2006-07, the Age Participation Index for Scotland was 46.9%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points since 2005-06. The index has been around the 50% mark for the past 10 years, reaching 51.5% between 2000 and 2002 ( table 1). In the mid 1980s the index stood, at around 20%.
- Over a ten year period participation by females has been around 10 percentage points higher than by males. Participation rates in 2006-07 were 52.9% for females (a decrease of 0.6 percentage points since last year) and 41.2% for males (an increase of 0.2 percentage points on last years figure of 41%) ( table 1). The gender gap has therefore reduced slightly compared to the previous year.
- Since last year initial participation at sub-degree level has risen 0.6 percentage points to 19.1% while participation at first degree level has fallen by 0.7 percentage points to 27.8%. Initial participation at sub-degree level has however declined since 2000-01 (by 3 percentage points) ( table 2).
- HEIs contribute 29.6% to the API figure and colleges 15.5%. The share of HEIs has decreased by 0.6 percentage points while colleges increased their contribution by 0.6 percentage points. The share of HEIs in the rest of the UK has decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 1.8% in 2006-07 ( table 3).
The following tables and charts are also available on the Scottish Executive Statistics Website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/llstatistics
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