Government reviews impact of recession
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have published a report considering the impact of the recession across demographic groups of age, gender, race and disability.
The report explores how the recession is affecting the lowest qualified and most deprived in society. For example, over the last 12 months:
- 18-24 year olds have seen a fall in their employment rate of 3.9 percentage points and a rise in the ILO unemployment rate of 4.2 percentage points, more than double the deterioration for the population as a whole.
- So far men's employment rate has fallen by a higher proportion than women's.
- The employment rate for ethnic minorities has risen very slightly, which is in contrast to the decline seen for the overall population's employment rate.
- The employment rate for disabled people has fallen slightly, to 47.7 per cent.
- The economic activity rate has risen by 2.5% among lone parents.
- The employment rate for those with the lowest qualifications fell by 1.6 percentage points, which is more than the decline in the employment rate for the population overall; the rate now stands at 49.3%.
Download the full report from DWP's website.
Posted on 22 June 2009
Further pages
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