SAS Chapter 5 : page :32

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 5H2 Participation in job-related training¹ in the last four weeks, Spring 1998

		Thousands participating	Percentages¹
All people of working age²		412	13.1
Employees³		289	14.5
by age
	16-19	29	22.5
	20-24	43	21.5
	25-29	47	17.2
	30-39	84	14.8
	40-49	60	12.9
	50-64	26	7.2
by occupation
	Managers and administrators	38	15.0
	Professional	51	24.6
	Associate professional and technical	42	21.3
	Clerical and secretarial	50	16.2
	Craft and related	26	11.6
	Personal and protective services	34	14.6
	Sales	25	14.8
	Plant and machine operatives	12	5.4
	Other	10	5.6
Self-employed⁴		16	7.2
ILO unemployed⁵		12	6.7
Economically inactive⁶		79	11.0

Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS

¹ Expressed as a percentage of the total number of people in each group.

² Both on and off-the-job training for those of working age (defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59).

³ Those in employment excluding self-employed, unpaid family workers and those on government employment and training programmes.

⁴ Those in employment excluding employees, unpaid family workers and those on government employment and training programmes.

⁵ Those who are unemployed according to the International Labour Office (ILO) definition.

⁶ Those who are neither in employment nor ILO unemployed.

Chart 5H1 Hours spent on job-related training ^1,2, Spring 1998

Pie Chart

Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS

¹ Both on and off-the-job training for employees of working age (defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59).

² Expressed as a percentage of those who received training in the last week.