While highlighting that labour market inactivity due to long-term health problems is higher in Scotland than in the rest of the UK, they state: “In 2020 and 2021, 6.8% of Scottish males were inactive because of long-term health problems, compared to 4.9% of UK males. In the same period, 5.7% of UK females were inactive because of a long-term health problem, compared to 6.9% of Scottish females.