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Economic inactivity and poor health in Scotland
Created: 12/08/2024
News/Events Category: Employability
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The report uses data on the labour force, health trends, and NHS wait times to understand how economic inactivity is related to poor health and how this relationship differs both in comparison to the rest of the UK and within Scotland.
The economic inactivity rate represents the proportion of the population that is not in work and is not ready to start work in the near future. While some types of inactivity are not causes for concern, like being in further education, others like poor health may reflect barriers to participation in paid work.
Rates of inactivity in Scotland and the rest of the UK (rUK) both trended downwards from 2001 to about 2015. In contrast to rUK, Scotland’s inactivity rate actually fell during the pandemic, starting to rise again in 2023.
A higher proportion of economic inactivity is attributed to permanent ill health or disability than at any point this century. This has shot up since the Covid-19 pandemic and is higher in Scotland than in rUK.
Key highlights of the report include:
- Amongst those aged 25+, male economic inactivity has been more likely to be attributed to permanent ill health or disability than female inactivity
- Inactivity due to ill health or disability has typically been lower for women than for men (explaining 20-40% of inactivity), and highest for women 50-64 compared to younger women.
- Permanent illness or disability are typically cited as the reason for less than 10% of inactivity among young people (aged 15-24) although this figure has risen over the last few years.
- A&E wait times combined with labour market data from the Annual Population Survey from 2014-2023 shows a positive correlation between reduced healthcare access in the past year and 1) Rates of long-term health conditions and disabilities and 2) Attribution of economic inactivity due to poor health or disability
You can read the full report here.
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