It still surprises me that the ONS doesn’t produce visuals like these themselves. What do other users here think?
opie_sez on
I wonder whether there are overlaps in some of these.
For example where it says part time self-employed, is that less than 20 hours a week? What are they doing the rest of the time? Does it put them into a category of unemployed, or discouraged?
not_a_bot1001 on
Can I be full time employed and discouraged? Hmm
IkeRoberts on
„Economically inactive“ may be perceived as pejorative by people who are classified that way yet see their contribution as significant.
Randomn355 on
1/3 of the population working full time.
Let that sink in.
Randomn355 on
1/3 of the population working full time.
Let that sink in.
thecraftybee1981 on
I’d be interested in seeing visuals like this for other countries too.
A few weeks ago there were a lot of news stories about how Italy’s unemployment rate was now lower than the UK, but they failed to show the total picture with only 63% of Italians in work compared to 75% of Brits. It gave a massively distorted picture of the two economies when the inactivity rate was left out and gave the impression that Italy’s outlook was now better than Britain’s.
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Sources: ONS Labour Force Statistics
It still surprises me that the ONS doesn’t produce visuals like these themselves. What do other users here think?
I wonder whether there are overlaps in some of these.
For example where it says part time self-employed, is that less than 20 hours a week? What are they doing the rest of the time? Does it put them into a category of unemployed, or discouraged?
Can I be full time employed and discouraged? Hmm
„Economically inactive“ may be perceived as pejorative by people who are classified that way yet see their contribution as significant.
1/3 of the population working full time.
Let that sink in.
1/3 of the population working full time.
Let that sink in.
I’d be interested in seeing visuals like this for other countries too.
A few weeks ago there were a lot of news stories about how Italy’s unemployment rate was now lower than the UK, but they failed to show the total picture with only 63% of Italians in work compared to 75% of Brits. It gave a massively distorted picture of the two economies when the inactivity rate was left out and gave the impression that Italy’s outlook was now better than Britain’s.