Publication - Research and analysis
Evaluation of Scottish transitional employment services: interim report August 2018
How programme design impacted the quality of delivery and customers’ experience of Work First and Work Able Scotland services in the first 6 months after launch.
Appendix 4 – Demographic profile of sample WFS clients
Table A4 Demographic profile of sample WFS clients April – Oct 2017
| Gender | WFS Customer Sample (499) % | Combined Provider MIS Apr-Oct 2017 (3,208) % |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 65% | 65% |
| Female | 35% | 35% |
| Age | ||
| 16-24 | 16% | 16% |
| 25 to 34 | 22% | 22% |
| 35 to 44 | 19% | 20% |
| 45 to 54 | 25% | 25% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 17% |
| 65 plus | 1% | 0% |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White British | 92% | 86%* |
| Other | 7% | 6% |
| Refused/Prefer not to say | 1% | 8% |
| Level of Education | ||
| National 1 or 2 | 2% | n/a |
| National 3 | 13% | n/a |
| National 4 or 5 | 24% | n/a |
| Highers/ SVQ3 | 9% | n/a |
| Advanced higher or equivalent | 10% | n/a |
| Degree or above | 14% | n/a |
| Other professional, technical or management qualification | 3% | n/a |
| Other | 5% | n/a |
| None of the above | 14% | n/a |
| Don't know/Prefer not to say | 7% | n/a |
| Health conditions and disabilities | Total/ Primary | Primary |
| Mental health condition | 41% / 27% | 34% |
| Long-term illness, disease or condition** | 43% / 23% | 26% |
| Physical disability** | 30% / 14% | 17% |
| Learning difficulty | 23% / 9% | 7% |
| Deafness or partial hearing loss | 9% / 3% | 4% |
| Learning disability | 8% / 3% | 5% |
| Blindness or partial sight loss | 7% / 3% | 3% |
| Developmental disorder | 5% / 2% | 2% |
| No condition | 11% / 11% | 0% |
Source: IFF Research telephone survey of 499 WFS customers and combined WFS provider MIS for April to October 2017.
*Ethnicity data for one provider was not available and so these percentages are based on two providers only.
**Primary conditions in the combined provider MIS do not match precisely those from the survey so these categories combine long-term conditions and other health conditions and physical disability and restricted mobility, respectively.