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7.1 The proportion of the 16-21 year old population in full-time higher education has more than doubled in the last 10 years, increasing from 11.4 per cent in 1987-88 to 25.3 per cent in 1997-98. Participation was mainly in the 18-21 age group, where the proportion of the population on full-time higher education courses increased from 15.5 per cent, in 1987-88, to 36.0 per cent in 1997-98. Part-time participation by 18-21 year olds in higher education was relatively stable over the period for this age group, at around 3 per cent.
7.2 It should be noted that the figures shown for higher education in this bulletin relate to students attending courses of higher education in Scotland. In 1997-98, this included an estimated 21,500 students domiciled outwith Scotland and excluded an estimated 4,600 Scots-domiciled students attending courses of higher education at institutions outwith Scotland. (This same point will apply, though to a much lesser extent, in the figures for schools and further education.)
Participation rates in higher education of 16-21 year olds: 1987-88 to 1997-98
Table 10
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Year |
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1987-88 |
1993-94 |
1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
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Percentage of age group |
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Full-time education |
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Aged 16-21 |
11.4 |
20.5 |
21.9 |
22.3 |
24.1 |
25.3 |
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Aged 16-17 |
2.7 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
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Aged 18-21: |
15.5 |
27.4 |
29.9 |
31.3 |
34.2 |
36.0 |
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Aged 18 |
16.5 |
29.5 |
31.6 |
32.5 |
35.0 |
36.2 |
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Aged 19 |
16.9 |
31.3 |
33.2 |
35.2 |
39.1 |
39.5 |
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Aged 20 |
16.0 |
27.4 |
30.5 |
31.2 |
35.1 |
37.2 |
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Aged 21 |
12.5 |
22.2 |
24.7 |
26.8 |
28.3 |
31.0 |
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Part-time education(1) |
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Aged 16-21 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
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Aged 16-17 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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Aged 18-21: |
3.5 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
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Aged 18 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
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Aged 19 |
4.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
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Aged 20 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
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Aged 21 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
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Total in full-time and part-time education(1) |
13.9 |
22.7 |
24.0 |
24.4 |
26.1 |
27.2 |
(1) Adjusted to exclude an estimate for students enrolled on more than one course.
7.3 The Age Participation Index (API) is used to measure the number of Scots who entered higher education anywhere in the UK for the first time. It is calculated as the number of young Scots (aged under 21) who enter higher education as a percentage of the population in Scotland aged 17.
The API in the table below is therefore measured on a different basis to the participation rates elsewhere in this bulletin.
Young Scots undergraduate first entrants of full-time higher education in the UK: Age Participation Index
Table 11
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Year |
Total |
Male |
Female |
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1986-87 |
19.3 |
19.6 |
19.0 |
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1987-88 |
20.5 |
20.6 |
20.4 |
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1988-89 |
20.6 |
20.7 |
20.5 |
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1989-90 |
23.8 |
23.5 |
24.2 |
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1990-91 |
25.9 |
25.4 |
26.5 |
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1991-92 |
29.9 |
29.2 |
30.6 |
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1992-93 |
34.8 |
33.9 |
35.7 |
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1993-94 |
38.3 |
37.6 |
39.1 |
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1994-95 |
42.7 |
40.8 |
44.8 |
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1995-96 (r) |
42.2 |
38.7 |
46.0 |
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1996-97 |
46.7 |
40.9 |
52.8 |
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1997-98 (p) |
47.0 |
42.9 |
51.1 |
(r) revised from previously published
figures.
(p) provisional.
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