Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2006

< Previous | Contents | Next >

Table A1.41: Employment status¹: 2001/02 - 2005/06
percentage of individuals by employment status
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS

2001/02^r

2002/03^r

2003/04^r

2004/05^r

2005/06

New Individual patients/clients

11 685

11 716

13 232

14 998

13 791

Information available (=100%)

10 610

10 762

11 989

13 265

13 017

percentage

Never employed

14

14

15

16

14

Unemployed (1 year or longer)

54

58

58

56

57

Unemployed (less than a year)

16

14

12

12

12

Employed²

11

10

10

11

12

Student

3

3

4

4

3

Other³

2

2

1

2

1

1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
2 Employment includes training.
3 Other includes: housewife/husband, retired and invalidity/sick.
r Revised.
See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).