Equality in Scotland - Disabled People: contents page

1. Working age population of disabled peopleby sex, Scotland 1999
2. Estimates for 1996 based on Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) prevalence rates, by age group
3. Estimated Numbers of Children and Adults in Scotland, 1995 in Different Hearing Loss Categories
4. Number of People Receiving Care by type of disability/ mental health problem, Scotland 1980-1999
5. Housing for the disabled Provision by Public Agencies and Housing Associations as at 31 March 1999: by Agency6. Children in residential accommodation in Scotland, 1999
7. Percentage of disabled¹ people of working age by type of main health problem reported, 1999
8. Percentage of people with a disability by tasks normally found difficult, Scotland 1999
9. Number of Pupils in Schools (September 1999), and Students in Higher Education Institutions 1998-99
10. Households with a disabled resident by tenure and type of disability, 1996
11. Employment rate of Women and Men of working age population by disability status, Scotland 1999
12. Economic activity of working age people by gender according
to different definitions of disability: Scotland 1999
13. Income for households with/without a disabled person living in them, Scotland 1999
14. Recipients of disability benefits in Scotland, 2000
15. Ability to manage financially by whether anyone in the household has a disability, Scotland 1999
16. Whether anyone in the household has a disability, by MOSAIC group, Scotland 1999
17. Convenience of various services by disability status, Scotland 1999
18. Transport provision for physically disabled people travelling by bus in Scotland, 1998
19. Transport provision for physically disabled people at railway stations in Scotland, 1999
Further Information

Disabled¹ people of working age in the Labour Market, Scotland 1999

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Sample size Disabled = 778,780
Sample size Not Disabled = 2,311,066

Note: Approximately 5,000 of the working age population is missing from the above analysis.

¹ Disabled people answered yes to "Do you have any health problems or disabilities that you expext will last for more than a year?"

Source: Labour Force Survey: Spring to Winter 1999

In 1999 in Scotland, 779 thousand people of working age had health problems or disabilities that they expected would last for more than one year (Labour Force Survey 1999).
In 1999 in Scotland, over 1,200 thousand people of working age stated they had a long-standing illness, health problem or disability that limited their daily activity or the kind of work that they could do (Scottish Household Survey, 1999).
In 1996 in Scotland, 1.71% of the population was estimated as being visually impaired however only 0.66% of the population are registered as visually impaired (RNIB prevalence rates, 1997).
In 1999 in Scotland, 29 thousand people aged 65 and under, and 67 thousand people aged over 65 were registered NHS wheelchair users (Disability Scotland). Information suggests that there are 14.5 thousand new wheelchair users every year (Scottish Wheelchair Service, compiled by Disability Scotland).
18% of people in Scotland are estimated to suffer from hearing loss (National Study of hearing, 1995).
30% of Scottish people with health problems or disabilities that they expected would last for more than a year, reported that their main health problem concerned their arms, hands legs or feet including rheumatism and arthritis (Labour Force Survey 1999).
3% of pupils in Scottish primary schools and 4% of pupils in Scottish secondary schools had special educational needs (SENs) (Education Statistics _ Schools, Scottish Executive, Sept. 1999). 5% of students studying for a first degree in Scottish higher education institutions had a self-defined disability (Further & Higher Education Statistics, Scottish Executive, 1998-99).
25% of all children in Scotland with SENs studied in special schools, and a higher proportion of these children compared with children studying in primary and secondary schools, had complex or multiple impairments (Education Statistics _ Schools, Scottish Executive, Sept. 1999).
Approximately one third of Scottish householders with a disabled resident owned their own home compared with approximately 55% of those householders without a disabled resident (Scottish House Condition Survey, 1996).
47% of Scottish people of working age who had health problems or disabilities that they expected would last for more than one year, were employed, compared with 79% of those without a disability or health problem (Labour Force Survey 1999). Only 29% of those who had a long-term disability which affected the kind or amount of paid work that they might do, were employed (Labour Force Survey 1999). 32% of disabled people who had a long-term disability that substantially limited their day-to-day activities (Disability Discrimination Act definition of disability), were employed (Labour Force Survey 1999).
14% of Scottish people of working age who had health problems or disabilities that they expected would last for more than one year, would have liked work but were not available to start or were not seeking work, compared with 4% of non-disabled people (Labour Force Survey 1999).
Of the 24 Disability Discrimination Act cases heard at tribunal in Scotland between December 1996 to July 1998, only 4 were successful (Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, 1999).
19% of Scottish households where no-one in the household had a long-standing illness, health problem or disability that limited their daily activity or the kind of work that they could do, earned over £20k, compared with only 6% of households with a disabled resident (Scottish Household Survey 1999).
In Scotland 193 thousand, 43 thousand and 235 thousand people receive incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and disability living allowance respectively (DSS Information Centre, 2000).
In Scotland 41% of incapacity benefit recipients and 51% of disability living allowance recipients and 25% of severe disablement allowance recipients are aged 55 or over (DSS Information Centre, 2000).
In Scotland 21% of households where someone in the household had a long-standing illness, health problem or disability that limited their daily activity or the kind of work that they could do, did not manage very well financially/had some financial difficulties or were in deep financial trouble, compared with 12% of households with no disabled resident (Scottish Household Survey 1999).
8% of Scottish households where someone in the household had a long-standing illness, health problem or disability that limited their daily activity or the kind of work that they could do, had access to the internet compared with 17% of Scottish households with no disabled resident (Scottish Household Survey 1999).
In Scotland 41% of families living in council flats, and 38% of those living in disadvantaged council estates, housed someone that had a long-standing illness, health problem or disability that limited the daily activity or the kind of work that they could do. Groups least likely to have a disabled person living in the household were those living in institutional areas, high income areas, and middle income owners where 20%, 22% and 23% respectively housed a disabled person (Scottish Household Survey 1999).
Only 12% of buses in operation in Scotland have low floors (Reid-Howie Associates, 1999).
35% of railway stations in Scotland are inaccessible or only partly accessible (this relates largely to platforms), to disabled people (Reid-Howie Associates, 1999). Only 15% of stations have accessible toilets, and only 22% have marked parking spaces (Reid-Howie Associates, 1999).


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