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1324: Rural Skills
This paper is taken from the ‘Skills’ section of Defra’s ‘Statistical Digest of Rural England 2011’
Year of Publication2011
The proportion of economically active adults with NVQ level 2 or above was higher in rural areas, whereas the proportion with NVQ level 4 was highest in Major Urban areas. The proportion of working age population who received on the job training in the last 4 weeks is higher for employees living in rural areas than those living in urban areas.
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- Subject Collection > Training & skills
- Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
- Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > UK rural policy
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