Census facts:
The Highland Capital - Population
From 1971 to 2001, the population of Inverness and its surrounding area grew by 34 per cent – from 41,000 to 65,000. Families and early retirees are attracted there from the rest of the UK.
*From Scotland’s Census 1971 and 2001.
The Pill - Health
In the '60s, oral contraceptives for women are introduced. Scotland's birth rate begins to fall. From a peak birth rate of 104,000 in the mid-60s, there was a marked decline by the early 1970s. The 2002 total of 51,270 live births is only half that recorded in the mid-1960s.
*Scotland's Census does not record birth rate but does ask how many children you have.
The road to equality - Culture
The ‘70s saw the beginning of huge strides in gender equality, with the 1970 Equal pay Act and the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act. In 1975, only 57per cemt of women were employed – now 71per cent are employed. Then, only a fifth of managerial workers were female - now two thirds of these positions belong to women.
*Scotland’s Census asks women, and men, if they are employed.
Contemporary historical facts:
1970 – The Commonwealth Games come to Scotland for the first time and are staged in Edinburgh.
2 January 1971 - Scotland’s worst football tragedy occurs at a Rangers-Celtic New Year derby at Ibrox, when a collapsed barrier kills 66 and injures hundreds.
11 June 1975 - The first North Sea oil is pumped ashore at Sullom Voe in Shetland.
3 May 1979 –Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading the country from 1979 until her resignation in 1990.