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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

Published 10 December 2008
ISBN
9780755958559

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.

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Table 4.7: Labour in Scottish Agriculture, 1999-2007

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Working Occupiers:

Full-time

12,472

11,931

11,639

11,377

11,167

11,041

10,972

10,571

10,212

Part-time:

Half-time or more

3,892

3,969

3,963

3,888

3,788

3,851

3,855

3,754

3,732

Less than half-time

12,393

12,935

13,014

12,987

13,256

13,350

13,312

13,478

13,234

Total working occupiers

28,757

28,835

28,616

28,252

28,211

28,242

28,139

27,803

27,178

Working wife/husband of occupier

13,849

13,879

13,840

14,051

14,298

14,415

14,311

14,284

14,036

Full-time employees:

Male:

Partners

2,428

2,251

2,275

2,323

2,197

2,142

2,118

2,134

2,158

Hired

9,954

9,603

9,179

8,812

8,403

8,238

7,823

7,751

7,418

Family

2,980

3,067

2,959

2,581

2,582

2,473

2,284

2,203

2,126

Female:

Partners

198

190

194

254

258

248

210

243

240

Hired

737

774

814

823

739

807

815

844

983

Family

342

390

364

336

331

345

349

325

344

Total full-time employees

16,639

16,275

15,785

15,129

14,510

14,253

13,599

13,500

13,269

Part-time employees:

Male:

Partners

494

468

464

553

568

563

608

578

556

Hired

2,024

2,125

2,192

2,146

2,236

2,192

2,188

2,237

2,418

Family

1,842

1,847

1,879

1,868

1,864

1,841

1,958

1,891

1,869

Female:

Partners

277

242

265

279

274

294

245

244

234

Hired

1,116

1,170

1,196

1,115

1,118

1,114

994

1,016

1,135

Family

985

1,016

990

961

979

918

950

926

850

Total part-time employees

6,738

6,868

6,986

6,922

7,039

6,922

6,943

6,892

7,062

Casual and seasonal employees:

Male

2,795

2,914

2,840

3,049

3,184

3,155

3,333

3,238

3,826

Female

639

751

749

898

1,039

1,072

1,301

1,294

1,781

Total casual and seasonal employees

3,434

3,665

3,589

3,947

4,223

4,227

4,634

4,532

5,607

Total employees

26,811

26,808

26,360

25,998

25,772

25,402

25,176

24,924

25,938

Total occupiers, spouses and employees

69,417

69,522

68,816

68,301

68,281

68,059

67,626

67,011

67,152

Source: Scottish Government Rural Environment Research and Analysis Directorate
Note: Main and minor holdings

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