"81% of 16-24y.o. in Scotland not playing an instrument doesn't sound wide off the mark to me"

The point was though that it related back to another thread (Where Are The Youngster) where it was claimed that youngsters didn't participate in music when compared with older people. So the figure for youngsters may be low but the table stills shows that the figure for older people is a hell of a lot lower still. The amount of people aged 60 to 75 playing instuments within the last year was only 37% the figure for the younger age group! The figures don't relate to who can play - just who is actively picking an instrument up.