Social Security Scotland – insights research programme: overview

11. Annex C: Social Security Scotland staff diversity information and population comparisons

Age – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Age Group1														Total head count
		16-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50-59		60-64		65 and over
		Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	*	*	35	20.0	47	26.9	53	30.3	28	16	*	*	0	0.0	175
	Dec	13	5.1	52	20.6	71	28.1	67	26.5	45	17.8	5	2.0	0	0.0	253

1. Age at end of quarter; * Numbers between 1-4 are suppressed for disclosure reasons. 

Age – Scottish working population data

	16-29	30-39	40-49	50-54	55-59	60-65
Scottish population (age 16-65)	28%	19%	21%	11%	10%	11%
Scottish population data source:	Mid-2016 Population Estimates

Gender – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Gender				Total head count
		Female		Male
		Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	105	60.0	70	40.0	175
	Dec	151	59.7	102	40.3	253

Gender – Scottish working population data

	Female	Male
Scottish population (age 16-65)	51%	49%
Scottish population data source:	Mid-2016 Population Estimates

Disability – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Disability								Total head count
		Disabled		Not Disabled		Prefer not to say		Unknown
		Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	11	6.3	55	31.4	2	1.1	107	61.1	175
	Dec	22	8.7	70	27.7	3	1.2	158	62.5	253

Disability – staff survey data

Year	Survey period	Disability						Total returns
		Disabled		Not Disabled		Prefer not to say
		Number returns	%	Number returns	%	Number returns	%
2018	Oct	42	21.8	140	72.5	11	5.7	193

Disability – Scottish working population data

	Disabled	Not disabled
Scottish population (age 16-64)	19%	80%
Scottish population data source:	Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2015

Ethnicity – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Ethnicity								Total head count
		Ethnic minority1		White		Prefer not to say		Unknown
		Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	6	3.4	144	82.3	3	1.7	22	12.6	175
	Dec	8	3.2	211	83.4	2	0.8	32	12.6	253

Ethnicity – staff survey data

Year	Survey period	Ethnicity						Total returns
		Ethnic minority1		White		Prefer not to say
		Number returns	%	Number returns	%	Number returns	%
2018	Oct	15	7.8	165	85.5	13	6.7	193

Ethnicity – staff survey data

	Ethnic minority1	White
Scottish population (age 16-64)	4%	96%
Scottish population data source:	Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2015

1. ‘Ethnic minority’ includes: African, Caribbean or Black; Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British; Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group; Other Ethnic Group.

Religion or belief – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Religion or Belief														Total head count
		None		Church of Scotland		Roman Catholic		Other Christian		Other religion or belief 1		Prefer not to say		Unknown
		Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	82	46.9	24	13.7	24	13.7	8	4.6	6	3.4	5	2.9	26	14.9	175
	Dec	129	51.0	28	11.1	36	14.2	13	5.1	7	2.8	4	1.6	36	14.2	253

Religion or belief – staff survey data

Year	Survey period	Religion or belief								Total returns
		None		Christian		Other religion or belief 1		Prefer not to say
		Number returns	%	Number returns	%	Number returns	%	Number returns	%
2018	Oct	105	55.3	59	31.1	11	5.8	15	7.9	190

Religion or belief – Scottish working population data

	None	Christian	Other religion1	Prefer not to say
Scotland (age 16-64)	51%	44%	3%	1%
Scottish population data source:	Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2015

1. Other religion or belief includes: Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Hindu, Pagan, and Other.

Sexual orientation – e-HR data

Year	Quarter to end:	Sexual orientation								Total head count
		Lesbian, gay, bisexual, other		Hetero-sexual /straight		Prefer not to say		Unknown
		Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%	Head count	%
2018	Sep	8	4.6	135	77.1	5	2.9	27	15.4	175
	Dec	14	5.5	195	77.1	5	2.0	39	15.4	253

Sexual orientation – staff survey data

Year	Survey period	Ethnicity						Total returns
		Lesbian, gay, bisexual, other		Hetero-sexual /straight		Prefer not to say
		Number returns	%	Number returns	%	Number returns	%
2018	Oct	14	7.3	166	86.5	12	6.3	192

Sexual orientation – staff survey data

	Lesbian, gay, bisexual, other	Heterosexual/ Straight	Prefer not to say
Scottish population (age 16-64)	2%	96%	2%
Scottish population data source:	Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2015