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Table 3 Employment status, education and deprivation (percent in each economic group)

From: Employment status and health: understanding the health of the economically inactive population in Scotland

Education*

Degree or higher%

HNC/D Or equiv%

Higher grade or equiv%

Standard grade or equiv%

Other school level%

No qualifications%

Employed

30.4

9.9

20.4

19.9

4.8

14.6

Unemployed

14.1

7.3

25.1

31.6

3.1

18.6

Permanently sick

7.5

2.2

14.5

16.1

8.1

51.5

Looking after home and family

13.3

6.0

14.2

25.5

7.1

33.9

Others

13.6

3.1

31.1

31.8

3.8

16.4

Deprivation**

SIMD 1 # %

SIMD 2%

SIMD 3%

SIMD 4%

SIMD 5%

 

Employed

22.9

24.9

22.0

17.3

12.9

 

Unemployed

13.6

16.1

24.9

22.0

23.4

 

Permanently sick

5.4

9.6

16.6

25.7

42.7

 

Looking after home and family

15.0

19.1

16.1

24.7

25.2

 

Others

19.2

17.1

22.3

18.8

22.6

 
  1. * Test of association on education and employment status p-value < 0.001.
  2. ** Test of association on deprivation category and employment status p-value < 0.001.
  3. # SIMD 1 is the least deprived and SIMD 5 is the most deprived.