Research Article

Migration, Occupational Mobility, and Regional Escalators in Scotland

Table 1

Variable summary statistics.

Low occupational
status 1991, 36,330
High occupational
status 1991, 15,024

Country of birth
 Scotland (reference)33,80912,833
 England and Wales1,9091,657
 Outside Great Britain612534
Place of residence 2001 by mobility between 1991 and 2001
 Glasgow no move1,076383
 Glasgow short move1,641643
 Glasgow long move6441
 Edinburgh no move1,046744
 Edinburgh short move1,361861
 Edinburgh long move11993
 Cities no move7,6173,074
 Cities short move11,2143,987
 Cities long move660466
 Medium job access no move3,3981,458
 Medium job access short move4,8982,058
 Medium job access long move513431
 Low job access no move1,068205
 Low job access short move1,358391
 Low job access long move297189
Female (reference = male)18,0416,884
Age 1991 (average years)34.7436.97
Ethnic minority (reference = not ethnic minority)12690
Change in presence of children
 1991/2001 no children (reference)8,7545,032
 1991 no child/2001 child5,8902,527
 Children 1991/200113,0274,016
 1991 child/2001 no child8,6593,450
Change in household
 Couple 1991 and 2001 (reference)20,95610,304
 Couple 1991, single 20013,213850
 Single 1991 and 20015,7221,921
 Single 1991, couple 20016,4391,950
Change in health
 Not ill 1991 and 2001 (reference)33,10813,846
 Ill in 1991 and 200126096
 Ill 1991 only630218
 Ill 2001 only2,332864
Post-18 qualifications 1991
 None (reference)34,2766,021
 Vocational 1,4124,879
 Degree or higher6424,124
Tenure 1991
 Owner occupation (reference)22,84712,769
 Social renting11,4651,400
 Private renting2,018855

Source: calculations done by the authors using data from the SLS.