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Scottish Household Survey Bulletin No.5
1. Key points
- Households with a female Highest Income Householder (HIH) are less
likely than those with a male HIH to have a bank account, savings and investments,
or home contents insurance.
- Households with a male HIH are more likely
to be buying their homes with a mortgage or loan, while households with a female
HIH are more likely to be renting from a social landlord.
- Households
with a female HIH are more likely than those with a male HIH to be dependent on
state benefits.
- Sixty-two per cent of women of working age are in employment
(self-employed or working full- or part-time), compared with 71% of men of working
age.
- A higher proportion of men than women are employed full-time, self-employed,
unemployed and unable to work due to sickness or disability.
- Thirteen
per cent of women work for 16 hours or less per week compared with only 1% of
men. Conversely, 22% of men work for 46 hours or more per week compared with 5%
of women.
- Married women are more likely to be in part-time employment
than women in any other marital status group.
- A higher proportion of
men than women are in occupations classified as 'Managers and administrators',
'craft and related occupations' and 'sales occupations'.
- Men are more
likely to work in manufacturing, construction and transport, and storage industries,
while women are more likely to be in health and social work, education and hotels
and restaurants industries.
- Fifty-three per cent of women aged 17 or
over have a full driving licence compared with 78% of men aged 17 or over.
- Although
men are more likely than women to drive, there is very little variation in the
frequency with which men and women drive among those who do. For example, 72%
of men and 67% of women with a driving licence drive every day.
- Men are
more likely than women to say that, over the past twelve months, their health
has been good (56% and 51% respectively).
- Women are much more likely
than men to have visited a GP in the preceding year (84% and 74% respectively).
- Overall, only around a quarter of adults (26%) feel that they are involved
in their communities either a great deal or a fair amount. Women are slightly
more likely to say they feel involved than men (28% and 24% respectively).
- Overall,
women are more likely to make charitable donations than men. Three-quarters (75%)
of women had made a donation in the past month compared with two-thirds (66%)
of men.
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