Table 1C : Employment and unemployment rates( 1 ) for women with the equivalent of five GCSEs or fewer, by age, calendar quarters, 2001 - 08, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
Women with the equivalent of five GCSEs or fewer
16 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 49
50 to 59 - 64( 2)
Employment rate
Unemployment rate
Employment rate
Unemployment rate
Employment rate
Unemployment rate
Employment rate
Unemployment rate
2001
Q2
43
18
56
8
66
5
59
3
Q3
45
21
54
8
66
4
57
3
Q4
46
19
53
8
66
5
58
3
2002
Q1
43
19
53
8
65
5
58
3
Q2
43
17
54
8
66
5
58
3
Q3
45
20
53
8
66
5
59
3
Q4
44
19
54
8
66
5
59
3
2003
Q1
43
19
55
7
65
4
59
3
Q2
40
20
53
7
65
4
60
3
Q3
45
20
54
8
64
4
60
3
Q4
46
16
54
7
65
4
59
3
2004
Q1
44
20
53
8
65
4
59
3
Q2
43
19
53
7
65
5
59
2
Q3
44
23
54
8
64
4
58
3
Q4
44
21
54
8
64
4
59
3
2005
Q1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Q2
41
19
52
8
64
5
59
3
Q3
43
21
51
8
64
4
59
3
Q4
41
22
51
9
64
5
59
3
2006
Q1
41
19
51
10
64
6
59
4
Q2
39
21
51
10
63
6
59
4
Q3
41
23
50
11
63
5
59
4
Q4
40
22
51
10
63
6
59
4
2007
Q1
38
24
50
11
62
6
59
3
Q2
37
24
50
11
63
6
60
3
Q3
41
26
49
9
64
5
59
4
Q4
43
21
48
9
63
5
60
3
2008
Q1
40
21
49
10
63
6
59
4
Q2
39
22
50
10
63
5
59
4
16 Dec 2008 : Column 631W
16 Dec 2008 : Column 632W
Q3
36
27
50
11
63
6
59
4
n/a = data not available (1) Employment rate is calculated as number of people in employment with 5 GCSEs or fewer as a percentage of the population in the individual age group with 5 GCSEs or fewer. The unemployment rate is calculated as the number of people unemployed with 5 GCSEs or fewer as a percentage of the economically active population in the individual age group with 5 GCSEs or fewer. (2) men aged 50-64 and women aged 50-59 Note:
It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.
