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Figure 1: Change in unemployment, employment and inactivity rates over the quarter by gender (Jul-Sep 18 to Oct-Dec 18)Regional labour market: Headline indicators for ScotlandTable 1 shows the unemployment, employment and inactivity rates and the change on the previous quarter.
In the UK, all 15-year-olds are considered to be economically inactive. They are also often presented as participation rates, rather than economic inactivity rates, whereby economic inactivity is the inverse of participation.
However, the composition of the economically inactive population has changed. Fewer people are economically inactive for reasons such as looking after family or home, but more people are economically inactive due to ill health.
The notion and importance of early intervention is discussed by one of the research participants below:
What we're doing at that very young stage is going to shape a kind of lifelong trajectory of either active or inactive people (RP8).
I think it's about addressing inequality as early as you possibly can and thinking about the nursery years where you're going to be putting the pathway in place for a life of physical activity or not.