Annual Population Survey in Scotland 2005
This summary publication presents analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are presented here at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.
Adult Learning
The proportion of people aged 16 to 69 who are no longer in continuous full-time education but participated in some type of adult learning (taught or non-taught) in the last year was estimated to be 67.4% in 2005.
In 2005, the Shetland Islands had the highest adult learning proportion (estimated at 80.7%) and North Lanarkshire had the lowest adult learning proportion (estimated at 54.5%).
In 2005, the proportion of people living in the 15% most deprived areas who participated in adult learning in the last year was estimated to be 46.7%, much lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 70.8%.
Table 22: Proportion and level of people aged 16 to 69 who participated in adult learning in the last year, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) |
2004 |
2005 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion |
Proportion |
Level |
|
Scotland |
68.6% |
67.4% |
2,232,000 |
Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City |
74.1% |
74.1% |
98,000 |
Aberdeenshire |
74.8% |
75.3% |
113,000 |
Angus |
72.6% |
69.8% |
48,000 |
Argyll & Bute |
72.3% |
74.3% |
43,000 |
Clackmannanshire |
63.2% |
65.5% |
21,000 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
76.4% |
72.4% |
69,000 |
Dundee City |
65.0% |
66.2% |
59,000 |
East Ayrshire |
62.3% |
61.0% |
48,000 |
East Dunbartonshire |
74.5% |
74.1% |
52,000 |
East Lothian |
77.5% |
74.6% |
44,000 |
East Renfrewshire |
78.7% |
78.7% |
45,000 |
Edinburgh, City of |
76.1% |
76.2% |
231,000 |
Eilean Siar |
65.7% |
66.3% |
10,000 |
Falkirk |
66.5% |
67.8% |
66,000 |
Fife |
67.4% |
64.1% |
151,000 |
Glasgow City |
60.8% |
57.8% |
222,000 |
Highland |
71.4% |
70.5% |
94,000 |
Inverclyde |
64.7% |
60.8% |
33,000 |
Midlothian |
75.7% |
72.2% |
39,000 |
Moray |
76.1% |
75.9% |
42,000 |
North Ayrshire |
59.5% |
60.7% |
53,000 |
North Lanarkshire |
58.1% |
54.5% |
114,000 |
Orkney Islands |
79.1% |
73.6% |
9,000 |
Perth & Kinross |
71.4% |
72.1% |
61,000 |
Renfrewshire |
63.5% |
61.7% |
69,000 |
Scottish Borders |
77.5% |
74.0% |
51,000 |
Shetland Islands |
78.7% |
80.7% |
11,000 |
South Ayrshire |
69.4% |
67.2% |
48,000 |
South Lanarkshire |
64.9% |
65.5% |
132,000 |
Stirling |
73.9% |
75.2% |
42,000 |
West Dunbartonshire |
63.4% |
63.9% |
39,000 |
West Lothian |
70.0% |
66.4% |
75,000 |
Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas |
49.5% |
46.7% |
223,000 |
Rest of Scotland |
72.0% |
70.8% |
2,009,000 |
Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas |
67.0% |
65.0% |
825,000 |
Other Urban Areas |
66.6% |
65.8% |
637,000 |
Accessible Small Towns |
69.2% |
68.6% |
243,000 |
Remote Small Towns |
68.9% |
70.2% |
66,000 |
Accessible Rural |
75.0% |
73.4% |
330,000 |
Remote Rural |
75.3% |
74.2% |
130,000 |
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