Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, 2009, 2nd quarter

This means that the employment rates are back to the levels for 2006 both among disabled persons and among the whole population. In 2009 the employment rate among disabled men and women was 45.8 and 40.7 per cent respectively. In the population as a whole the corresponding figures were 76.6 and 72.6 per cent.

23 per cent want paid work

Twenty-three per cent of disabled people not employed wanted to have paid work in the fourth quarter of 2009. Fourteen per cent of these people are classified as unemployed, according to the criteria on active job seeking and availability for a job. Compared to the second quarter of 2008, this means a decline, but still in accordance with previous years.

Gap is small for young people

The difference in the employment rate between the population as a whole and the disabled population was only 7 percentage points among people aged 15-24 years. In older groups the difference was much larger, approximately 35 percentage points. Among the eldest aged 60-66 years, however, the difference was reduced to 28 percentage points.

Tables:

• Table 1 Population aged 15-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status and sex. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group. 2006-2009
• Table 7 Population aged 15-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status, age and sex. 4nd quarter 2009. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group 1