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Lower employment rate among disabled persons
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2003-09-01T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings;Health
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akutu, Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, labour market, labour force status, employees, unemployed, adaptationEmployment , Disability , Labour market and earnings, Health
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Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, 2003, 2nd quarter

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Lower employment rate among disabled persons

42.5 per cent of the disabled persons had a job, and 3.9 per cent were unemployed in the second quarter 2003. Consequently, 46 per cent of the disabled persons were economically active, compared with 79 per cent of the total population aged 16-66.

These are the main results from an ad hoc module to the Labour Force Survey. Compared wirh a similar survey in the second quarter 2002 the activity rate for disabled persons has declined slightly more than for the total population.

The difference in labour force participation between disabled persons and the total population is smaller among the young ones than among the older. Among those aged 16-24 the difference was only 6 percentage points, compared with 30 percentage points among persons aged 25-39. Among those between 40 and 60 the difference was approximately 35 percentage points.

14 per cent of the population aged 16-66 disabled

14 per cent of the population aged 16-66 reported to have a disability, defined as long-term health problems, which may limit the everyday life. This is in accordance with the results from the survey in the second quarter last year. Compared to the survey in the fourth quarter 2000, however, this represents a decline in the proportion of disabled persons with 1 percentage point. In the second quarter 2003 the disability rate was 16 per cent among females and 13 per cent among males.

Limits on work ability

Among disabled persons with a job, 64 per cent reported that their disability restricts the kind of work that can be done, and 54 per cent that it restricts the amount of work that can be done. This is in accordance with the results for last year.

Source

The data are based on an ad hoc module of questions added to the Labour Force Survey in the second quarter 2003 (for persons who participated in the corresponding survey last year, the questionnaire was based on the answers given earlier).

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