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4. Young people not in full time education who are not in employment: data table
Updated 11 July 2014
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| 4. Young people not in full time education who are not in employment |
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| Data source |
| Labour Force Survey |
| Time period and availability |
| Impact indicator covers age. Splits currently available by disability, ethnicity, religion and gender. |
| Information on sexual orientation is only made available on a separate version of the data, the Integrated Household Survey, so it is not possible to provide estimates for this group. |
| The LFS does not record whether or not respondents are pregnant or have undergone gender reassignment, so it is not possible to provide separate estimates for these groups. |
| Latest data available at July 2014 covered Quarter 1 2014. |
| Produced monthly approximately six weeks after the period referred to. |
| Three months data are combined for the indicator. |
| What does this tell us? |
| This indicator shows of the 18-24 year olds not in full time education, what proportion are also not in employment and is measured by dividing the number of 18-24 years olds who are not in employment or full-time education by the total number of 18-24 year olds who are not in full time education. |
| The indicator will measure the Department's success in improving the percentage of young people engaged in a positive activity such as employment, education or training. |
| It recognises the importance of raising participation in education and improving labour market outcomes for young people not in full-time education. |
| How will an improvement be shown? |
| Generally, a decrease in the indicator will demonstrate an improvement in the labour market position of young people. However, economic conditions will also need to be taken into account. |
| The tables on the additional tabs also provide estimates for one year and two years prior to the latest data, for comparison purposes. |
| The estimates do not match exactly those published in the previous Equality Report, because they have been revised by ONS to take account of updated population estimates. |
| Estimates by religion and ethnicity look at annual averages. Individual quarters are not given due to sample sizes. These estimates are not available on a consistent basis prior to 2011, due to a change in the relevant Labour Force Survey question in line with the 2011 Census, and so are not available for the year to Q1 2011. |
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| Table 4.1: Proportion of young people not in full time education who are workless by disability, UK, Quarter 1 of each year (January -March)1,2,4,5 |
| Disability status |
| Those with a disability |
| Those without a disability |
| All3 |
| The proportion of young people not in full time education who are not in employment is higher for those with a disability compared to those without by a statistically significant amount. |
| Changes in 2013 to the wording of the disability questions within the survey questionnaire, and a move to only reporting those who are disabled within the core definition of the Equality Act, |
| have led to a step change in the levels of reported disability and their composition (e.g. proportion in employment). The move to only reporting those who are disabled within the core definition of the |
| Equality Act and the change in the wording of the questions, is to bring the Labour Force Survey in line with the GSS harmonised definition for disability, which is being rolled out across all surveys. |
| This has occurred as a result of the Equality Act 2010. Therefore, estimates of disability from the Labour Force Survey for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years. |
| Source: Labour Force Survey |
| Notes: |
| 1. As with the overall measure, this measure uses LFS data. However, unlike the overall measure, this data is seasonally unadjusted and only released quarterly. Therefore it is not fully comparable with the overall measure. |
| 2. Disability includes those who are disabled under the Equality Act definition. It covers the individual rather than the household. |
| 3. Total includes young people with unknown disability |
| 4. Data are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage points. |
| 5. Totals may differ depending on whether or not the data are seasonally adjusted, and whether figures are given over one quarter or as an average over four quarters. |
| Table 4.2: Proportion of young people not in full time education who are workless by ethnicity, UK, four-quarter average to Quarter 1 of each year1,2,5 |
| Ethnic group of individual |
| White |
| Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups |
| Indian |
| Pakistani/Bangladeshi |
| Chinese or other ethnic group |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British |
| All3 |
| The indicator was lower for the 'White' group than any other group, by a statistically significant margin. The next lowest value of the indicator was for the 'Mixed' group which |
| was lower by a statistically significant amount than all other groups (except the 'White' group) |
| Comparisons over time should be treated with caution due to small sample sizes. The central estimates shown in the table suggest that the indicator has decreased since 2012 |
| for all ethnic groups except the 'Indian' and 'Chinese or other' groups. The fall for the 'White' group was statistically significant. |
| Source: Labour Force Survey |
| Notes: |
| 1. As with the overall measure, this measure uses LFS data. However, unlike the overall measure, this data is seasonally unadjusted and only released quarterly. Therefore it is not fully comparable with the overall measure. |
| 2. This looks at the rate of the total of the four quarters from Quarter 2 2013 to Quarter 1 2014 (April 2013- March 2014) inclusive. Individual quarters are not given due to sample sizes. |
| 3. Total includes young people with unknown ethnic origin |
| 4. Data are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage points. |
| 5. Totals may differ depending on whether or not the data are seasonally adjusted, and whether figures are given over one quarter or as an average over four quarters. |
| Table 4.3: Proportion of young people not in full time education who are workless by gender, UK, Quarter 1 of each year (January - March)1,2,3 |
| Gender |
| Male |
| Female |
| All |
| The indicator for male young people not in full time education or work is lower than the female group and the difference between the two groups is statistically significant. |
| The female indicator has fallen since last year and 2012 and the changes are statistically significant. The male indicator has fallen since 2012 and since 2013 but only the change since 2012 is statistically significant. |
| Source: Labour Force Survey |
| Notes: |
| 1. This data is fully comparable with the overall measure using the ONS seasonally adjusted data. |
| 2. Data are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage points. |
| 3. Totals may differ depending on whether or not the data are seasonally adjusted, and whether figures are given over one quarter or as an average over four quarters. |
| Table 4.4: Proportion of young people not in full time education who are workless by religion, UK, four-quarter average to Quarter 1 of each year1,2,5 |
| Religion |
| No religion |
| Christian |
| Buddhist |
| Hindu |
| Jewish |
| Muslim |
| Sikh |
| Any other religion |
| All3 |
| Estimates broken down by religion are based on small sample sizes and should be treated with caution. The indicator was higher for the 'Muslim' group than any other group by a statistically significant margin. |
| The 'Christian' group was lower than any other group and lower than the 'No religion', 'Sikh', 'Muslim' and 'Buddhist' groups by a statistically significant amount. |
| The central estimates shown in the table suggest that the indicator has decreased since last year for all religious groups except the 'Buddhist', 'Hindu', 'Sikh', and 'Any other religion' groups. However, none of these changes were statistically significant. |
| Estimates by religion are not available on a consistent basis prior to 2011, due to a change in the relevant Labour Force Survey question, in line with the 2011 Census. |
| Source: Labour Force Survey |
| Notes: |
| 1. As with the overall measure, this measure uses LFS data. However, unlike the overall measure, this data is seasonally unadjusted and only released quarterly. Therefore it is not fully comparable with the overall measure. |
| 2. This looks at the rate of the total of the four quarters from Quarter 2 2013 to Quarter 1 2014 (April 2013- March 2014) inclusive. Individual quarters are not given due to sample sizes. |
| 3. Total includes young people with unknown religion |
| 4. Data are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage points. |
| 5. Totals may differ depending on whether or not the data are seasonally adjusted, and whether figures are given over one quarter or as an average over four quarters. |