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| Table 2: Employment rates( 1 ) for people of working age( 2 ) by gender and age, 1992 to 2006—United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted |
| Percentage |
| 12 months ending December each year | All 16-59/64 | 16-17 | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-49 | 50-59/64 |
|
All persons
| | | | | | |
|
1992(3)
|
70.8
|
47.4
|
65.0
|
73.6
|
79.5
|
62.7
|
|
1993
|
70.3
|
44.0
|
63.8
|
73.9
|
79.0
|
61.9
|
|
1994
|
70.7
|
44.7
|
63.6
|
74.8
|
79.0
|
62.5
|
|
1995
|
71.3
|
45.6
|
64.5
|
75.6
|
79.2
|
63.1
|
|
1996
|
71.9
|
46.6
|
65.5
|
76.0
|
79.7
|
63.6
|
|
1997
|
72.8
|
48.3
|
66.4
|
77.8
|
80.1
|
64.5
|
|
1998
|
73.4
|
48.5
|
66.8
|
78.4
|
80.8
|
65.6
|
|
1999
|
73.9
|
46.8
|
67.2
|
79.5
|
81.2
|
66.3
|
|
2000
|
74.4
|
46.1
|
67.6
|
80.0
|
81.8
|
66.8
|
|
2001
|
74.5
|
45.2
|
67.6
|
79.8
|
81.8
|
67.7
|
|
2002
|
74.5
|
43.7
|
67.7
|
79.6
|
81.9
|
68.2
|
|
2003
|
74.6
|
43.0
|
66.6
|
79.6
|
82.0
|
69.6
|
|
2004
|
74.8
|
41.4
|
67.0
|
79.8
|
82.1
|
70.0
|
|
2005
|
74.8
|
39.1
|
65.6
|
80.4
|
82.3
|
70.4
|
|
2006(4)
|
74.6
|
35.7
|
65.3
|
80.4
|
82.3
|
70.7
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Men
| | | | | | |
|
1992(3)
|
76.0
|
47.2
|
67.2
|
83.1
|
86.4
|
65.5
|
|
1993
|
75.1
|
43.7
|
65.7
|
83.0
|
85.4
|
64.4
|
|
1994
|
75.7
|
44.5
|
66.2
|
84.0
|
85.6
|
64.6
|
|
1995
|
76.3
|
45.0
|
67.6
|
84.7
|
86.1
|
65,0
|
|
1996
|
76.7
|
45.5
|
68.4
|
84.8
|
86.1
|
65.9
|
|
1997
|
77.8
|
46.7
|
69.6
|
86.6
|
86.7
|
67.3
|
|
1998
|
78.4
|
47.3
|
70.0
|
87.5
|
87.4
|
68.0
|
|
1999
|
78.8
|
45.2
|
70.7
|
88.0
|
87.8
|
68.6
|
|
2000
|
79.2
|
44.8
|
71.2
|
88.6
|
88.5
|
68.8
|
|
2001
|
79.3
|
44.5
|
71.2
|
88.4
|
88.3
|
70.0
|
|
2002
|
79.1
|
41.7
|
70.8
|
88.0
|
88.4
|
70.3
|
|
2003
|
79.3
|
40.7
|
69.9
|
87.8
|
88.6
|
71.6
|
|
2004
|
79.3
|
38.7
|
70.1
|
87.6
|
88.8
|
72.0
|
|
2005
|
79.1
|
36.9
|
68.6
|
88.2
|
88.5
|
72.4
|
|
2006(4)
|
78.8
|
32.4
|
67.9
|
88.5
|
88.5
|
72.4
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Women
| | | | | | |
|
1992(3)
|
65.2
|
47.7
|
62.7
|
64.2
|
72.6
|
58.7
|
|
1993
|
65.1
|
44.3
|
61.9
|
64.9
|
72.6
|
58.5
|
|
1994
|
65.4
|
44.8
|
60.9
|
65.7
|
72.6
|
59.6
|
|
1995
|
66.0
|
46.3
|
61.4
|
66.7
|
72.5
|
60.4
|
|
1996
|
66.8
|
47.7
|
62.7
|
67.5
|
73.5
|
60.3
|
|
1997
|
67.4
|
50.1
|
63.2
|
69.1
|
73.7
|
60.7
|
|
1998
|
68.0
|
49.7
|
63.6
|
69.4
|
74.3
|
62.3
|
|
1999
|
68.8
|
48.5
|
63.8
|
71.1
|
74.7
|
63.0
|
|
2000
|
69.2
|
47.4
|
63.9
|
71.7
|
75.1
|
64.0
|
|
2001
|
69.4
|
46.0
|
64.1
|
71.5
|
75.5
|
64.6
|
|
2002
|
69.6
|
45.8
|
64.5
|
71.4
|
75.6
|
65.4
|
|
2003
|
69.7
|
45.4
|
63.3
|
71.5
|
75.5
|
66.9
|
|
2004
|
70.0
|
44.2
|
63.8
|
72.2
|
75.6
|
67.2
|
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|
2005
|
70.1
|
41.5
|
62.5
|
72.6
|
76.3
|
67.8
|
|
2006(4)
|
70.1
|
39.0
|
62.6
|
72.5
|
76.1
|
68.3
|
(1) People in employment as a percentage of all persons.
(2) Men aged 16 to 64 and women age 16 to 59.
(3) Eight months ending December 2002.
(4) Eight months ending August 2006.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS).
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