Abstract of Scottish Agricultural Statistics 1982 to 2005

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Employees

number

Year

Male workers

Regular staff

Casual and seasonal

Total regular and casual

Full-time

Part-time

20 years and over (a)

Under 20 years old (a)

Business partners (b)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Total full-time

Business partners (b)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Total adults

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Total youths

1982

16,484

5,498

21,982

2,352

1,331

3,683

~

18,836

6,829

25,665

~

2,007

1,598

3,630

32,900

1983

16,125

5,678

21,803

2,274

1,240

3,514

~

18,399

6,918

25,317

~

1,864

1,570

3,154

31,905

1984

15,505

5,638

21,143

1,988

1,191

3,179

~

17,493

6,829

24,322

~

1,883

1,564

2,767

30,536

1985

15,252

5,743

20,995

1,756

1,060

2,816

~

17,008

6,803

23,811

~

1,889

1,569

2,648

29,917

1986

14,232

5,663

19,895

1,516

983

2,499

~

15,748

6,646

22,394

~

1,724

1,623

2,607

28,348

1987

13,474

5,605

19,079

1,347

902

2,249

~

14,821

6,507

21,328

~

1,674

1,615

2,328

26,945

1988

13,009

5,514

18,523

1,255

833

2,088

~

14,264

6,347

20,611

~

1,636

1,580

2,395

26,222

1989

12,617

5,323

17,940

1,095

719

1,814

~

13,712

6,042

19,754

~

1,528

1,620

2,334

25,236

1990

12,156

5,413

17,569

1,017

661

1,678

~

13,173

6,074

19,247

~

1,692

1,756

2,506

25,201

1991

11,701

5,240

16,941

866

595

1,461

~

12,567

5,835

18,402

~

1,680

1,753

2,198

24,033

1992

11,369

5,204

16,573

716

515

1,231

~

12,085

5,719

17,804

~

1,669

1,775

2,322

23,570

1993

11,025

5,069

16,094

671

484

1,155

~

11,696

5,553

17,249

~

1,785

1,851

2,222

23,107

1994

10,736

4,882

15,618

667

479

1,146

~

11,403

5,361

16,764

~

1,829

1,784

2,450

22,827

1995

10,505

4,756

15,261

680

453

1,133

~

11,185

5,209

16,394

~

1,794

1,914

2,566

22,668

1996

10,441

4,718

15,159

629

456

1,085

~

11,070

5,174

16,244

~

1,873

2,045

2,734

22,896

1997

10,136

4,749

14,885

663

448

1,111

~

10,799

5,197

15,996

~

1,918

2,111

2,913

22,938

1998

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,658

10,321

2,943

15,922

458

2,128

1,823

2,935

23,266

1999

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,428

9,954

2,980

15,362

494

2,024

1,842

2,795

22,517

2000

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,251

9,603

3,067

14,921

468

2,125

1,847

2,914

22,275

2001

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,275

9,179

2,959

14,413

464

2,192

1,879

2,840

21,788

2002

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,323

8,812

2,581

13,716

553

2,146

1,868

3,049

21,332

2003

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,197

8,403

2,582

13,182

568

2,236

1,864

3,184

21,034

2004

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,142

8,238

2,473

12,853

563

2,192

1,841

3,155

20,604

2005

~

~

~

~

~

~

2,118

7,823

2,284

12,225

608

2,188

1,958

3,333

20,312

(a) Males over and under 20 years old ceased to be collected in 1998.
(b) Business partners doing farm work in legal partnership first collected in 1998.

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number

Year

Female workers

Male and female workers

Regular staff

Casual and seasonal

Total regular and casual

Regular staff

Casual and seasonal

Total regular staff and casual and seasonal

Full-time

Part-time

Full-time

Part-time

Business partners (a)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Business partners (a)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Business partners (a)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

Business partners (a)

Hired

Members of occupier's family

1982

~

872

718

~

1,468

966

1,217

5,241

~

19,708

7,547

~

3,475

2,564

4,847

38,141

1983

~

845

687

~

1,470

988

1,122

5,112

~

19,244

7,605

~

3,334

2,558

4,276

37,017

1984

~

812

675

~

1,337

938

1,080

4,842

~

18,305

7,504

~

3,220

2,502

3,847

35,378

1985

~

826

631

~

1,337

974

1,119

4,887

~

17,834

7,434

~

3,226

2,543

3,767

34,804

1986

~

674

603

~

1,271

937

805

4,290

~

16,422

7,249

~

2,995

2,560

3,412

32,638

1987

~

679

557

~

1,272

922

776

4,206

~

15,500

7,064

~

2,946

2,537

3,104

31,151

1988

~

699

551

~

1,187

881

803

4,121

~

14,963

6,898

~

2,823

2,461

3,198

30,343

1989

~

656

525

~

1,179

870

794

4,024

~

14,368

6,567

~

2,707

2,490

3,128

29,260

1990

~

613

562

~

1,220

964

882

4,241

~

13,786

6,636

~

2,912

2,720

3,388

29,442

1991

~

676

524

~

1,233

978

737

4,148

~

13,243

6,359

~

2,913

2,731

2,935

28,181

1992

~

724

560

~

1,138

1,048

711

4,181

~

12,809

6,279

~

2,807

2,823

3,033

27,751

1993

~

707

536

~

1,159

1,053

700

4,155

~

12,403

6,089

~

2,944

2,904

2,922

27,262

1994

~

679

481

~

1,147

966

718

3,991

~

12,082

5,842

~

2,976

2,750

3,168

26,818

1995

~

672

424

~

1,100

990

755

3,941

~

11,857

5,633

~

2,894

2,904

3,321

26,609

1996

~

692

408

~

1,145

1,028

746

4,019

~

11,762

5,582

~

3,018

3,073

3,480

26,915

1997

~

727

451

~

1,148

1,115

658

4,099

~

11,526

5,648

~

3,066

3,226

3,571

27,037

1998

198

808

366

246

1,137

1,019

705

4,479

2,856

11,129

3,309

704

3,265

2,842

3,640

27,745

1999

198

737

342

277

1,116

985

639

4,294

2,626

10,691

3,322

771

3,140

2,827

3,434

26,811

2000

190

774

390

242

1,170

1,016

751

4,533

2,441

10,377

3,457

710

3,295

2,863

3,665

26,808

2001

194

814

364

265

1,196

990

749

4,572

2,469

9,993

3,323

729

3,388

2,869

3,589

26,360

2002

254

823

336

279

1,115

961

898

4,666

2,577

9,635

2,917

832

3,261

2,829

3,947

25,998

2003

258

739

331

274

1,118

979

1,039

4,738

2,455

9,142

2,913

842

3,354

2,843

4,223

25,772

2004

248

807

345

294

1,114

918

1,072

4,798

2,390

9,045

2,818

857

3,306

2,759

4,227

25,402

2005

210

815

349

245

994

950

1,301

4,864

2,328

8,638

2,633

853

3,182

2,908

4,634

25,176

(a) Business partners doing farm work in legal partnership first collected in 1998.

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