Age at Termination of Education

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Data for 1951 Sex
Terminal Education Age Male Female
Under 13 2,017 Show data context 577 Show data context
13 3,377 Show data context 1,405 Show data context
14 90,700 Show data context 41,092 Show data context
15 21,782 Show data context 16,667 Show data context
16 9,868 Show data context 6,107 Show data context
17 4,274 Show data context 3,101 Show data context
18 2,580 Show data context 1,818 Show data context
19 522 Show data context 495 Show data context
20 517 Show data context 603 Show data context
21 776 Show data context 768 Show data context
22 & over 3,746 Show data context 1,511 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupied Population classified according to 11 terminal educational ages, (a) Scotland by 9 age sections and (b) Administrative, etc. Areas by All Ages', for ''

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Age at termination of full-time education, as tabulated by the Scottish 1951 Census of Population. Unlike England and Wales, the data cover both sexes and provide a considerably more detailed classification of ages.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh ScoCofC through time | Learning & Language Statistics | Age at Termination of Education, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 28th April 2024