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16 October 2014
Modern Studies - Wealth and Health Inequalities

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The figures in the graph below represent the unemployment claimant count carried out by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). It excludes claimants on government training schemes and a small number of other claimants who are not regarded as being available for unemployment, i.e. adult students and people temporarily stopped from employment.

This set of statistics by ONS is designed mainly to help assess trends in the labour market.

Study the graph and understand why the following statements are true or false.

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1 Unemployment in Scotland has fallen steadily since 1993
True
2The largest fall in unemployment in Scotland in any single year was between 1994 and 1995
False
3 The smallest fall in Scotland in any single year was between 1995 and 1996
True
4Although unemployment in Scotland has generally fallen in the last eight years, there have been some years in which it has risen.
False
5 Between 1993 and 2001 unemployment in Scotland fell by more than half
True


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