Annual Population Survey in Scotland: A Compendium of Labour Market Statistics 2006
Summary publication of results from the Annual Population Survey 2006, presenting analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are provided at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.
Table 27: Local Authority Area Reliability Thresholds
Local Authority |
Reliability Threshold |
|---|---|
Aberdeen City |
3,000 |
Aberdeenshire |
3,000 |
Angus |
1,000 |
Argyll & Bute |
1,000 |
Clackmannanshire |
1,000 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
2,000 |
Dundee City |
2,000 |
East Ayrshire |
1,000 |
East Dunbartonshire |
1,000 |
East Lothian |
1,000 |
East Renfrewshire |
1,000 |
Edinburgh, City of |
5,000 |
Eilean Siar |
1,000 |
Falkirk |
2,000 |
Fife |
4,000 |
Glasgow City |
5,000 |
Highland |
2,000 |
Inverclyde |
1,000 |
Midlothian |
1,000 |
Moray |
1,000 |
North Ayrshire |
1,000 |
North Lanarkshire |
4,000 |
Orkney Islands |
1,000 |
Perth & Kinross |
2,000 |
Renfrewshire |
2,000 |
Scottish Borders |
1,000 |
Shetland Islands |
1,000 |
South Ayrshire |
1,000 |
South Lanarkshire |
4,000 |
Stirling |
1,000 |
West Dunbartonshire |
1,000 |
West Lothian |
3,000 |
As survey results, these are subject to a degree of error and implied changes between the 2005 and 2006 results may not be significant and instead be within a given error range. Confidence limits can be used to assess the range of values that the true value lies between. 95% confidence limits for most of the results in this publication can be downloaded from the Nomis ® website - http://www.nomisweb.co.uk .
What does the 95% confidence limit mean? If, for example, we have an APS estimate and confidence limit of 63% +/- 0.27%, this means that 19 times out of 20 we would expect the true rate to lie between 62.73% and 63.27%. Only in exceptional circumstances (1 in 20 times) would we expect the true rate to be outside the confidence interval around the APS estimate. Thus the smaller the confidence limits, the more reliable the estimate. The following tables give confidence limits for the 2006 estimates published in this report.
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