Scotland's People: Annual Report 2005/2006

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Table 6.60: Use of credit by local authority

Row percentages, 2005/2006 data
Households

Credit Cards

Charge Cards NOT Switch

Shop or store cards

Catalogues or mail order schemes

Hire Purchase Agreements

Shopping vouchers or cards

None of these

Refused

Base

Aberdeen City

50

5

18

11

6

1

34

9

1,235

Aberdeenshire

62

6

22

23

8

2

27

2

1,236

Angus

55

4

17

26

8

2

30

4

619

Argyll and Bute

57

6

17

30

8

2

26

2

594

Clackmannanshire

54

6

17

20

11

3

30

1

647

Dumfries and Galloway

46

4

12

18

8

1

43

1

816

Dundee City

33

2

8

10

5

1

56

4

911

East Ayrshire

47

6

17

28

10

3

34

2

655

East Dunbartonshire

67

9

22

16

9

1

22

2

526

East Lothian

50

4

16

17

4

1

38

3

549

East Renfrewshire

71

10

26

22

10

0

17

1

548

Edinburgh City

60

8

18

11

4

2

29

3

2,635

Eilean Siar

54

5

16

42

5

1

27

4

509

Falkirk

48

4

13

16

7

2

40

2

791

Fife

54

5

14

18

8

2

35

1

2,146

Glasgow City

40

4

10

15

7

4

45

3

3,280

Highland

55

4

17

23

6

4

29

5

1,185

Inverclyde

47

3

12

14

9

2

42

1

531

Midlothian

59

5

20

20

9

2

27

5

553

Moray

60

5

12

12

3

2

29

6

615

North Ayrshire

51

8

14

28

7

2

32

3

713

North Lanarkshire

44

2

10

18

9

3

40

4

1,845

Orkney

63

7

14

51

4

0

22

0

624

Perth and Kinross

64

6

21

10

3

0

28

2

704

Renfrewshire

56

6

19

20

16

3

30

2

924

Scottish Borders

51

4

17

21

4

2

35

2

662

Shetland

63

4

17

52

4

-

20

3

611

South Ayrshire

54

8

17

20

6

2

31

2

626

South Lanarkshire

51

5

18

20

14

3

31

6

1,641

Stirling

56

7

19

17

9

2

36

1

642

West Dunbartonshire

42

5

14

20

11

3

40

4

516

West Lothian

54

8

12

17

8

2

36

1

910

Scotland

52

5

15

18

8

2

35

3

30,999

Rows may add up to more than 100% due to multiple response

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