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45 per cent of disabled people employed
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2008-09-01T10:00:00.000Z
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Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, 2008, 2nd quarter

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45 per cent of disabled people employed

The employment rate among disabled people was 45.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, the same level as in the previous year. In the whole population aged 15-66 years, 77.3 per cent were employed, an increase of more than one percentage point from the year before.

The employment rate among disabled men and women was 47.9 and 43.2 per cent respectively. In the population as a whole the corresponding figures were 80.2 and 74.4 per cent.

30 per cent want paid work

30 per cent of disabled people not employed want to have paid work. 17 per cent of these people are classified as unemployed, according to the conditions of active job seeking and availability for a job. Compared to previous years more disabled people want to have a job.

Gap is small for young people

The difference in the employment rate between the population as a whole and the disabled population was only 11 percentage points among people aged 15-24 years. In older groups the difference was much larger, near 35 percentage points. Among the eldest aged 60-66 years, however, the difference was reduced to 25 percentage points.

Source and estimation procedure

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 2008. Disability is defined as long-term health problems that may limit everyday life. 17 per cent of the population aged 15-66 regarded themselves as disabled in the second quarter of 2008. Compared to the results published earlier the new figures have become higher due to some adjustments in the estimating procedure. This is, however, not the fact for the employment and unemployment rates among disabled people.

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