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Title
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Percentage of working age people who are economically active |
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Description
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Percentage of working age people who are economically active.
Working age is defined as people aged 16 to 64. People, who are economically active, expressed as a percentage of the working age population. A person is economically active if they are either employed or unemployed. These estimates are taken from the annual population survey. The Annual Population Survey (including estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) estimates were revised in March 2015 back to 2004. This is to take on board population estimates based on the 2011 Census. |
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Unit of analysis
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Percentage |
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Date available
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July 2015 |
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Frequency of publication
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Quarterly |
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Service / policy area
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Economy |
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Subject
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Employment |
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Part of
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Annual Population Survey (APS) |
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Publisher
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
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Rights
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You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see website for further details. |
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Numerator Title
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Number of working age people who are economically active |
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Denominator Title
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Number of working age people |
