Official Statistics

Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984 (experimental)

Experimental statistics on employment, unemployment and economic inactivity rates over time, of individuals over the age of 50 years old.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 28 July 2016
• Last updated: 4 January 2017 — See all updates

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Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984 (experimental)

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Data tables: Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984 (experimental)

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Background information and methodology

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Details

These statistics provide official experimental details of the economic status (employed, unemployed or economically inactive) of individuals aged 50 years old and above from 1984 to 2015.

The figures are broken down by gender and 5-year age band and include statistics on full-time and part-time employment.

Our release strategy has more information about pensions and ageing society statistics and you can find more information about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

Published 28 July 2016
Last updated 4 January 2017 + show all updates

1. 4 January 2017

   Amended data tables. Cell AH18 under the "Inactivity_Rate" tab originally stated 86.3, this has been amended to 86.2.

2. 18 August 2016

   Amended the feedback email address in the documents.

3. 28 July 2016

   First published.