Economic activity status by hours worked by disability

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As Census 2021 was during a unique period of rapid change, take care when using Labour Market data for planning purposes.

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Summary

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in England and Wales by economic activity status, by hours worked and by disability. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Variable and dataset information

Area type

Census 2021 statistics are published for a number of different geographies. These can be large, for example the whole of England, or small, for example an output area (OA), the lowest level of geography for which statistics are produced.

For higher levels of geography, more detailed statistics can be produced. When a lower level of geography is used, such as output areas (which have a minimum of 100 persons), the statistics produced have less detail. This is to protect the confidentiality of people and ensure that individuals or their characteristics cannot be identified.

Lower tier local authorities

Lower tier local authorities provide a range of local services. There are 309 lower tier local authorities in England made up of 181 non-metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan districts and 33 London boroughs (including City of London). In Wales there are 22 local authorities made up of 22 unitary authorities.

Coverage

Census 2021 statistics are published for the whole of England and Wales. However, you can choose to filter areas by:

  • country - for example, Wales
  • region - for example, London
  • local authority - for example, Cornwall
  • health area – for example, Clinical Commissioning Group
  • statistical area - for example, MSOA or LSOA

Economic activity status and hours worked

This is a combination of the economic activity and hours worked variables to categorise people who are in employment by the number of hours that they work per week. It also includes those who are unemployed or economically inactive.

Disability - Equality act disabled

People who assessed their day-to-day activities as limited by long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses are considered disabled. This definition of a disabled person meets the harmonised standard for measuring disability and is in line with the Equality Act (2010).

Variables

Population type
All usual residents
Area type
Lower tier local authorities
Coverage
England and Wales
Disability - Equality act disabled
4 Categories
  • Disabled under the Equality Act: Day-to-day activities limited a lot
  • Disabled under the Equality Act: Day-to-day activities limited a little
  • Not disabled under the Equality Act
  • Does not apply
Economic activity status and hours worked
20 Categories
  • Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Part-time: 15 hours or less worked
  • Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Part-time: 16 to 30 hours worked
  • Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Full-time: 31 to 48 hours worked
  • Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Part-time: 15 hours or less worked
  • Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Part-time: 16 to 30 hours worked
  • Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Full-time: 31 to 48 hours worked
  • Economically inactive: Long-term sick or disabled
  • Economically inactive: Other
  • Does not apply
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Protecting personal data

Sometimes we need to make changes to data if it is possible to identify individuals. This is known as statistical disclosure control.

In Census 2021, we:

  • swapped records (targeted record swapping), for example, if a household was likely to be identified in datasets because it has unusual characteristics, we swapped the record with a similar one from a nearby small area (very unusual households could be swapped with one in a nearby local authority)
  • added small changes to some counts (cell key perturbation), for example, we might change a count of four to a three or a five – this might make small differences between tables depending on how the data are broken down when we applied perturbation

Read more in Section 5 of our article Design for Census 2021.

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