Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, 2007, 2nd quarter

The employment rate among disabled men and women was 47.4 and 43.5 per cent respectively. In the population as a whole the corresponding figures were 77,9 and 71,5 per cent. The group of employed disabled constituted 224 000 people in the second quarter.

More women than men are disabled

Slightly above 15 per cent of the population aged 16-66 had a disability, which is defined as long-term health problems that may limit everyday life. The disability rate was 17 per cent among women and 13 per cent among men. In total, 495 000 people regarded themselves as disabled in the second quarter of 2007, which were 41 000 more since the second quarter of last year.

Gap is small for young people

The difference in the employment rate between the population as a whole and the disabled population, was only 2 percentage points among people aged 16-24 years. In older groups the difference was much larger, around 30 percentage points. Among the eldest aged 60-66 years, however, the difference was reduced to 20 percentage points.

Source

The data presented in this article are based on an ad hoc module of questions to the Labour Force Survey in the second quarter of 2007.

Tables:

• Table 1 Population aged 16-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status and sex. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group. 2nd quarter 2003-2007
• Table 2 Population aged 16-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status, age and sex. 2nd quarter 2007. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group