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Lower employment rate also among disabled persons
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2010-03-15T10:00:00.000Z
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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, 2009, 2nd quarter

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Lower employment rate also among disabled persons

The employment rate among disabled people was 43.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009; a decline of 2.2 percentage points compared to the survey in the second quarter of 2008. In the whole population aged 15-66 years, 74.6 per cent were employed; a decline of 2.7 percentage points.

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.

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 fourth quarter of 2009. Disability is defined as long-term health problems that may limit everyday life. Usually these ad hoc modules are conducted in the second quarter each year. This has probably only affected the comparability of the results to a very limited extent.

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