High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Local Labour Markets
The employment rate in Scotland varies considerably by local authority area. The difference between the best performing 3 local authority areas and the 3 worst performing local authority areas has generally reduced over the last 10 years. However the difference increased by 5.2 percentage points between 2008 and 2009. Between 2009 and 2010 employment rates were relatively stable within the top three and the bottom three local authorities.
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Source: 2001-2003 data are taken from the Annual Labour Force Survey. Data from 2004 onwards are taken from the Annual Population Survey. The data for 2004 onwards are based on the calendar year whereas data prior to this is based on seasonal years (Mar-Feb) so there is a discontinuity in the series.