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Population and Labour Market

2.5 Claimant unemployment (1) and unfilled vacancies: seasonally adjusted Scotland: March 1987 - December 1997

  Unemployed Unfilled
Number (Thousands) Rate (per cent of workforce (2)) vacancies
Total Males Females Total Males Females thousands
1987 Mar 333.6 235.4 98.2 13.5 16.4 9.6 18.0
  June 325.5 230.3 95.2 13.2 16.0 9.3 18.4
  Sept 311.3 220.5 90.8 12.6 15.4 8.8 19.5
  Dec 301.3 213.3 88.0 12.2 14.9 8.6 20.4
1988 Mar 290.3 205.0 85.3 11.7 14.3 8.2 19.9
  June 278.2 197.6 80.6 11.2 13.8 7.7 19.7
  Sept 270.2 192.2 78.0 10.9 13.4 7.5 20.0
  Dec 259.4 185.4 74.0 10.5 13.0 7.1 20.2
1989 Mar 248.9 178.7 70.2 10.0 12.6 6.6 20.0
  June 233.4 168.7 64.7 9.4 11.9 6.0 21.9
  Sept 223.2 161.6 61.6 9.0 11.4 5.8 22.6
  Dec 212.2 154.0 58.2 8.5 10.8 5.4 23.2
1990 Mar 205.8 150.2 55.6 8.3 10.8 5.2 21.9
  June 200.5 146.9 53.6 8.1 10.5 5.0 22.3
  Sept 198.8 147.3 51.5 8.0 10.5 4.8 22.7
  Dec 202.7 150.7 52.0 8.2 10.8 4.8 16.4
1991 Mar 211.1 158.3 52.8 8.4 11.2 4.9 23.1
  June 221.8 166.6 55.2 8.9 11.7 5.1 17.3
  Sept 224.9 169.8 55.1 9.0 12.0 5.1 16.9
  Dec 228.6 174.0 54.6 9.1 12.3 5.0 17.1
1992 Mar 233.0 177.0 56.0 9.2 12.3 5.1 18.0
  June 236.8 180.3 56.5 9.3 12.6 5.1 19.8
  Sept 242.2 186.0 56.2 9.5 13.0 5.1 18.3
  Dec 250.7 193.4 57.3 9.9 13.5 5.2 19.2
1993 Mar 245.4 189.0 56.4 9.8 13.6 5.1 19.5
  June 245.1 189.2 55.9 9.8 13.6 5.0 17.5
  Sept 241.8 186.5 55.3 9.6 13.4 5.0 18.2
  Dec 236.1 182.8 53.3 9.4 13.2 4.8 18.8
1994 Mar 235.3 182.3 53.0 9.5 13.2 4.9 18.5
  June 231.1 179.3 51.8 9.4 13.0 4.7 20.1
  Sept 224.2 173.8 50.4 9.1 12.6 4.6 21.0
  Dec 212.6 164.4 48.2 8.6 11.9 4.4 21.4
1995 Mar 205.6 159.0 46.6 8.3 11.8 4.1 22.4
  June 198.2 153.0 45.2 8.0 11.3 4.0 23.1
  Sept 195.7 150.4 45.3 7.9 11.1 4.0 24.4
  Dec 195.6 150.9 44.7 7.9 11.2 4.0 23.7
1996 Mar 195.0 150.2 44.8 8.0 11.4 4.0 23.1
  June 196.4 150.3 46.1 8.0 11.4 4.1 24.4
  Sept 191.3 146.4 44.9 7.8 11.1 4.0 27.6
  Dec 178.7 138.3 40.4 7.3 10.5 3.6 28.2
1997 Mar 167.5 130.3 37.2 6.9 9.9 3.3 28.7
  June 160.1 123.3 36.8 6.5 9.3 3.3 30.2
  Sept 147.9 115.6 32.3 6.1 8.8 2.9 34.8
  Dec 139.9 108.2 31.7 5.7 8.2 2.8 32.3


Source: Office for National Statistics

(1)  The claimant count consists of those people who are claiming unemployment-related benefits at Employment Service local offices and who have declared that they are unemployed, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which their claim is made.
(2)  Workforce unemployment rates are calculated by expressing the numbers of claimant unemployed as percentages of the estimated total workforce (the sum of employees in employment, the unemployed, the self-employed, HM Armed Forces and participants on work-related government training programmes) at mid year.

2.6 Claimant unemployment by age and duration: not seasonally adjusted Scotland: October 1995-October 1997

October 1995
DURATION TOTAL ALL AGES Age Group
18 and under 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-49 50-54 55 and over
Males                    
Under 3 months 43,772 3,236 1,846 9,768 7,325 5,624 7,543 3,149 2,683 1,918
3 months to 6 months 24,066 1,388 1,031 5,823 4,304 3,091 4,029 1,582 1,407 1,052
6 months to 1 year 25,545 1,177 1,019 5,042 4,616 3,502 4,604 1,799 1,856 1,409
Over 1 year 53,299 199 1,144 6,932 8,673 7,911 11,980 5,459 4,975 5,759  
Females                    
Under 3 months 16,562 2,018 935 4,275 2,488 1,599 2,382 1,194 1,004 664
3 months to 6 months 8,916 767 562 2,464 1,287 880 1,262 714 564 416
6 months to 1 year 7,754 560 421 1,472 1,227 872 1,290 675 688 545
Over 1 year 10,276 100 447 1,590 1,374 974 1,713 1,191 1,273 1,610
October 1996
DURATION TOTAL ALL AGES Age Group
18 and under 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-49 50-54 55 and over
Males                    
Under 3 months 41,094 3,248 1,600 8,859 6,960 5,139 7,100 2,926 2,614 2,648
3 months to 6 months 24,406 1,415 944 5,619 4,281 3,203 4,099 1,714 1,534 1,597
6 months to 1 year 26,885 1,158 952 5,035 4,638 3,598 4,843 2,043 2,247 2,371
Over 1 year 48,806 212 997 6,187 7,797 7,416 11,217 5,031 4,736 5,213
                   
Females                    
Under 3 months 15,233 2,002 758 3,419 2,318 1,490 2,241 1,234 1,024 747
3 months to 6 months 8,968 783 483 2,273 1,321 855 1,322 760 662 509
6 months to 1 year 8,421 610 360 1,404 1,142 950 1,485 826 915 729
Over 1 year 9,585 102 375 1,453 1,254 955 1,601 1,164 1,243 1,438
October 1997
DURATION TOTAL ALL AGES Age Group
18 and under 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-44 45-49 50-54 55 and over
Males                    
Under 3 months 39,048 3,241 1,572 7,969 6,588 4,889 7,044 2,753 2,621 2,371
3 months to 6 months 20,778 1,310 846 4,199 3,619 2,825 3,650 1,466 1,374 1,489
6 months to 1 year 18,439 946 730 3,118 3,242 2,570 3,590 1,462 1,413 1,368
Over 1 year 32,043 105 628 3,431 4,678 4,677 7,734 3,443 3,566 3,781
                   
Females                    
Under 3 months 13,983 2,027 796 2,917 1,970 1,255 2,100 1,098 1,064 756
3 months to 6 months 6,936 745 429 1,452 921 652 1,048 598 596 495
6 months to 1 year 4,869 442 278 801 546 420 883 457 543 499
Over 1 year 6,051 63 263 836 716 558 1,096 744 838 937


Source: Office for National Statistics

(1)  The claimant count consists of those people who are claiming unemployment-related benefits at Employment Service local offices and who have declared that they are unemployed, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which their claim is made.
 

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