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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 6C unemployment and vacancies |
| Table 6C1 Claimant count 1, by age and duration 1998 2 |
Duration |
Total all ages |
Age groups |
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17 and under |
18-19 |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-34 |
35-44 |
45-49 |
50-54 |
55+ |
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| Males | Under 6 months | 63,840 |
1,938 |
6,083 |
12,317 |
10,480 |
8,302 |
11,875 |
4,523 |
4,367 |
3,955 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 20,499 |
125 |
1,592 |
3,597 |
3,473 |
2,902 |
4,088 |
1,618 |
1,587 |
1,517 |
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| 1 year to 2 years | 12,454 |
23 |
709 |
1,738 |
2,125 |
1,812 |
2,683 |
1,125 |
1,099 |
1,140 |
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| Over 2 years | 13,974 |
- |
46 |
885 |
1,524 |
1,872 |
3,448 |
1,727 |
2,078 |
2,394 |
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| Females | Under 6 months | 22,205 |
1,353 |
3,001 |
3,918 |
2,846 |
2,099 |
3,788 |
1,901 |
1,925 |
1,374 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 5,396 |
90 |
712 |
963 |
646 |
494 |
919 |
518 |
565 |
489 |
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| 1 year to 2 years | 2,736 |
17 |
254 |
398 |
301 |
242 |
509 |
305 |
354 |
356 |
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| Over 2 years | 2,320 |
- |
14 |
218 |
237 |
212 |
412 |
303 |
397 |
527 |
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Source:Office for National Statistics |
| 1 Count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits. |
| 2 At mid April. |
| Chart 6C1 ILO unemployment rate (%), 1992 to 1997 |
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Source: Labour Force Survey |
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