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Publication - Statistics

Annual Population Survey in Scotland 2005

Published
29 June 2006
ISBN
075596148X

This summary publication presents analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are presented here at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.

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16 to 19 year olds Not in Employment, Education or Training ( NEET)

The number of 16 to 19 year olds not in employment, education or training in Scotland was estimated to be 36,000 in 2005. That was 14.0% of all 16 to 19 year olds in Scotland. For males the estimated rate was 14.6% and for females the estimated rate was 13.4%.

Table 16 shows the proportion and level of 16 to 19 year olds NEET. For many of the areas the estimates did not meet the minimum reliability thresholds. There are quite high confidence limits around the NEET estimate for Scotland, for a proportion of 14.0%, the true value is likely to lie between 12.6% and 15.4%, which is the 95% confidence interval for this measure. This means that the change on 2004 is not statistically significant - please see Annex A for detailed confidence limits.

Table 16: Proportion and level of 16 to 19 year olds NEET, 2004-2005

Geography (Residence Based)

2004

2005

Proportion

Proportion

Level
NEET

Scotland

13.2%

14.0%

36,000

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

*

*

*

Aberdeenshire

*

*

*

Angus

*

15.3%

1,000

Argyll & Bute

*

*

*

Clackmannanshire

*

*

*

Dumfries & Galloway

*

*

*

Dundee City

*

*

*

East Ayrshire

17.5%

14.0%

1,000

East Dunbartonshire

*

*

*

East Lothian

*

*

*

East Renfrewshire

*

*

*

Edinburgh, City of

*

*

*

Eilean Siar

*

*

*

Falkirk

*

*

*

Fife

*

*

*

Glasgow City

22.1%

25.8%

8,000

Highland

*

*

*

Inverclyde

18.5%

14.8%

1,000

Midlothian

15.6%

20.1%

1,000

Moray

*

13.3%

1,000

North Ayrshire

20.5%

11.1%

1,000

North Lanarkshire

*

21.2%

4,000

Orkney Islands

*

*

*

Perth & Kinross

*

*

*

Renfrewshire

*

*

*

Scottish Borders

*

12.0%

1,000

Shetland Islands

*

*

*

South Ayrshire

19.5%

11.9%

1,000

South Lanarkshire

*

*

*

Stirling

16.3%

15.0%

1,000

West Dunbartonshire

19.2%

16.2%

1,000

West Lothian

*

*

*

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

27.9%

29.9%

12,000

Rest of Scotland

10.3%

11.0%

24,000

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

14.7%

17.5%

18,000

Other Urban Areas

14.8%

13.0%

10,000

Accessible Small Towns

11.0%

13.1%

4,000

Remote Small Towns

*

*

*

Accessible Rural

9.7%

11.9%

4,000

Remote Rural

*

*

*

* - Estimate is below reliability threshold ( See Annex A for more details).

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