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Scottish districts top ranking for women to work and live

by Adam McCulloch 14 Sep 2017
by Adam McCulloch 14 Sep 2017

Two Scottish local authorities have emerged as the best places for women to live and work in, according to a new report this week for BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour programme.

East Dunbartonshire, which includes the constituency of former equalities minister Jo Swinson, was top of the overall rankings, with East Renfrewshire second.

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Criteria included pay, training, employment opportunities and education, as well as factors such as housing, air quality, life expectancy and personal wellbeing.

On education East Dunbartonshire, which is north of Glasgow, was 11th, with 75% of residents reporting NVQ3 level qualifications or higher, and 59% reporting NVQ4 or higher. The borough ranked 46th for income with the median hourly wage among women equalling £15.07.

Bottom of the overall list was Islington, despite ranking highly (16th) on women’s full-time wages (£16.35 an hour) and education. This, however, was balanced by scoring poorly in terms of gender inequality: men’s median income is 17% higher than women’s in the north London borough. Predictably, Islington’s ranking was reduced by poor crime figures, air pollution levels and wellbeing.

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Although the two leading council areas overall were in Scotland, the report’s top 10 is dominated by boroughs in the South East, such as Winchester, Wycombe and West Berkshire.

The report, by NatCen Social Research, used official statistics from sources such as the ONS and Scottish Government, and its authors sought to avoid misleading comparisons by ensuring that indicators and domains share a common distribution.

Adam McCulloch

Adam McCulloch first worked for Personnel Today magazine in the early 1990s as a sub editor. He rejoined Personnel Today as a writer in 2017, covering all aspects of HR but with a special interest in diversity, social mobility and industrial relations. He has ventured beyond the HR realm to work as a freelance writer and production editor in sectors including travel (The Guardian), aviation (Flight International), agriculture (Farmers' Weekly), music (Jazzwise), theatre (The Stage) and social work (Community Care). He is also the author of KentWalksNearLondon. Adam first became interested in industrial relations after witnessing an exchange between Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board chairman Ian McGregor in 1984, while working as a temp in facilities at the NCB, carrying extra chairs into a conference room!

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