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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 5 – Demographic profile of sample WAS customers
Table A5 Demographic profile of sample WAS customers April – October 2017
| Gender | WAS Customer Sample (201) % | SDS CTS MIS Apr-Oct 2017 (777) % |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 57% | 57% |
| Female | 43% | 43% |
| Age | ||
| 16-24 | 10% | 10% |
| 25 to 34 | 24% | 25% |
| 35 to 44 | 21% | 21% |
| 45 to 54 | 27% | 27% |
| 55 to 64 | 18% | 18% |
| 65 plus | 0% | 0% |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White British | 97% | n/a |
| Other | 3% | n/a |
| Refused/Prefer not to say | 0% | n/a |
| Level of Education | ||
| National 1 or 2 | 2% | n/a |
| National 3 | 11% | n/a |
| National 4 or 5 | 26% | n/a |
| Highers/ SVQ3 | 8% | n/a |
| Advanced higher or equivalent | 11% | n/a |
| Degree or above | 12% | n/a |
| Other professional, technical or management qualification | 1% | n/a |
| Other | 8% | n/a |
| None of the above | 16% | n/a |
| Don't know/Prefer not to say | 5% | n/a |
| Health conditions and disabilities | Total/ Primary | All reported |
| Mental health condition | 71% / 43% | 66% |
| Long-term illness, disease or condition | 48% / 20% | 21% |
| Physical disability | 32% / 11% | 18% |
| Learning difficulty | 17% / 5% | 12% |
| Deafness or partial hearing loss | 7% / 0% | 4% |
| Learning disability | 5% / 1% | - |
| Blindness or partial sight loss | 6% / 1% | 3% |
| Developmental disorder | 5% / 2% | 9% |
| No condition | 3% / 3% | - |
Source: IFF Research telephone survey of 201 WFS customers and SDS CTS MIS for April to October 2017.
SDS CTS multiple disabilities are included but 96 customers had no input and are excluded
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