Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2019
These experimental statistics detail the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time statistics.
The statistics include, the:
- average age of exit from the labour market – this covers the time period from 1950 to 2019
- economic status of individuals aged 50 and over, over time – this includes employment, inactivity and unemployment rates and levels and covers the time period from 1984 to 2019
- employment rate gap between 50 to 64 year olds and 35 to 49 year olds
The figures:
- are broken down by gender
- are broken down by 5-year age bands (from 50 to 75+)
- include statistics on full-time and part-time employment
The background information and methodology note provides more information including the context, source and limitations of the statistics.