Working-age individual

For the needs of this evaluation, a working-age individual is an individual aged 16–64 years previous.

Long-term well being situation

A well being situation that lasts 12 months or extra. For the needs of this evaluation, all long-term well being situations are self-reported, and knowledge are taken from the quarterly Labour Force Survey.

Work-limiting well being situation

An individual is described as having a work-limiting situation once they report that their long-term well being situation limits both the kind of work they’ll do, or the quantity. An individual with a work-limiting well being situation might or is probably not in work. All knowledge used listed below are taken from the quarterly Labour Force Survey, except in any other case specified.

Labour market inactivity

An individual is taken into account inactive within the labour market when they’re with no job and haven’t sought work within the final 4 weeks and/or are unable to start out work throughout the subsequent two weeks. This may be as a result of they’re in unwell well being, or for different causes akin to being retired, in full-time schooling, as a result of they’re caring for somebody, or a mixture of various causes. Throughout this evaluation, we discuss with ‘inactivity’ to imply labour market inactivity as a complete.

In official knowledge, people who find themselves not taking part within the labour market are sometimes labelled as ‘economically inactive’. Although it’s in extensive utilization, we keep away from utilizing this time period right here, as so-called ‘economically inactive’ individuals typically take part within the economic system in different methods, for instance by offering unpaid look after others.