More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68534537
"...But other groups placed in the bracket - defined differently to unemployment - by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) include students, people who look after family or a home, people with disabilities, and early retired and discouraged workers. More women tend to be classed as economically inactive compared to men.
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It added there had been an increase in people aged 16 to 34 becoming economically inactive, but that the number aged 35 to 64 had fallen. A recent report suggested people in their early 20s were more likely to be not working due to ill health than those in their early 40s, with cases of poor mental health believed to be on the rise."
"...But other groups placed in the bracket - defined differently to unemployment - by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) include students, people who look after family or a home, people with disabilities, and early retired and discouraged workers. More women tend to be classed as economically inactive compared to men.
...
It added there had been an increase in people aged 16 to 34 becoming economically inactive, but that the number aged 35 to 64 had fallen. A recent report suggested people in their early 20s were more likely to be not working due to ill health than those in their early 40s, with cases of poor mental health believed to be on the rise."
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