Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2020
These experimental statistics detail the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.
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Impact of changes made to the Labour Force Survey
As a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the source behind these official statistics (the Labour Force Survey) was forced to switch from face-to-face to telephone interviewing methods. Subsequently, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that the data collected in this period is not fully representative of all households. To rectify this, the data has been re-weighted and revised Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over statistics will be published on 19 November 2020.
Read further details about coronavirus and its impact on the Labour Force Survey on the ONS website.
This publication details the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over. Analysis is provided on the 3 headline measures announced in the Fuller Working Lives (FWL) Strategy 2017 that the government use to monitor progress on FWL:
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Employment rate of 50 year olds and over, by 5-year age bands and gender.
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Average age of exit from the labour market, by gender.
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Employment rate gap between 50 to 64 year olds and 35 to 49 year olds, broken down by 5-year age band and gender.
The background information and methodology note provides more information including the context, source and limitations of the statistics.
This is an annual release and the next release will be in September 2021.
Last updated 12 November 2020 + show all updates
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Added a note about the impact of changes made to the Labour Force Survey in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result of the changes, revised Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over statistics will be published on 19 November 2020.
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First published.