Scottish Household Survey Key Findings

32 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Number of Adults in Paid Employment per Household 20% LEAST DEPRIVED AREAS 20% MOST DEPRIVED AREAS None Two or more One 44% 30% 25% 33% 25% 42% In 2019, the proportion of households with adults (those aged 16 or over) in paid employment differed significantly across different levels of deprivation. The reason a household might not have an adult in paid employment varies, and can for example be due to it being an older household, due to long-term illness or unemployment. In the 20% most deprived areas, 44% of households did not have an adult in paid employment, and only 25% had two or more adults in paid employment. In the 20% least deprived areas, 42% of households had at least two adults in paid employment. The graph relates to all households in Scotland. The proportion of households in the 20% most deprived areas with at least one adult in paid employment had increased from 50% in 2013 to 56% in 2019 Economic activity Help Shape Scotland