Age at Termination of Education

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Data for 1951 Sex
Terminal Education Age Male Female
Under 13 6,126 Show data context 1,085 Show data context
13 5,338 Show data context 1,338 Show data context
14 258,331 Show data context 115,937 Show data context
15 42,184 Show data context 33,337 Show data context
16 14,990 Show data context 7,970 Show data context
17 6,161 Show data context 3,509 Show data context
18 3,356 Show data context 1,776 Show data context
19 661 Show data context 565 Show data context
20 631 Show data context 1,086 Show data context
21 887 Show data context 1,445 Show data context
22 & over 4,423 Show data context 2,035 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, Glasgow ScoCofC through time | Learning & Language Statistics | Age at Termination of Education, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 25th April 2024