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Older people and employment in Scotland: research
An examination of attitudes and issues surrounding an older workforce.
Annex A: Overview of older people sample group
Table 1: Gender and age profile of the sample group
| |
Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50-59 years | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 60-64 years | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 65+ years | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 14 | 30 | 44 |
Table 2: Marital status of sample group, by gender
| |
Single | Co-habiting | Married | Separated/ divorced | Widowed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Women | 5 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
Table 3: Employment status of sample group, by gender
| |
Full-time employment | Part-time employment | Self-employed | Unemployed and looking for work | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Women | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 44 |
Table 4: Occupational classification of sample group, by gender
| |
Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managers, directors and senior officials | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Professional occupations | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Caring, leisure and other service occupations | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Elementary occupations | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Unemployed | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 14 | 30 | 44 |
Table 5: Distribution of sample according to Scottish household income decile groups
| |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants (n) | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 39 |
| NB Household income data missing for 5 participants who were unwilling to give details to the research team. | |||||||||||
Table 6: Participants with current caring responsibilities, by gender
| |
Dependent children | Eldercare | Grandchildren | Multiple | None | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| Women | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 30 |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 44 |
Table 7: Ethnicity of sample group
| |
White Scottish/ British | White Irish | Minority ethic (South Asian) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants (n) | 38 | 3 | 3 | 44 |
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