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Scottish Social Statistics
 
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In 1998, around one third of working age adults still smoked cigarettes, and it is estimated that currently around 12 per cent of children aged between 12 and 15 smoke.
 

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Total Population (1999) 5,119,200
No of Households (1998) 2,169,900
% population of pensionable age (1999) 18
% population under 15 (1999) 18.5
Child/staff ratio in pre-school centres (Sep 1999) 6.2
% school leavers with no SCE qualifications (1997-98) 6.6
Claimant unemployment rate (%) (1999) 5
Average gross weekly earnings (£) of full-time workers on adult rates (April 2000) 379.8
% population of working age claiming a key Social Security benefit (May 2000) 18
Domestic housebreaking per 10,000 population (1999) 71
Land area in square kilometres 78,025
Most popular forenames for newborns in 2000 (boys) Jack
(girls) Chloe

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