"Figure 3: The number of women who work part-time because of illness or disability has been growing fast since the three months to August 2014","" "People who worked part-time due to illness or disability, UK, seasonally adjusted, March to May 1992 to July to September 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","People","Men","Women" "Mar-May 1992","90","25","65" "Apr-Jun 1992","88","25","63" "May-Jul 1992","86","23","63" "Jun-Aug 1992","83","24","59" "Jul-Sep 1992","84","26","58" "Aug-Oct 1992","78","26","52" "Sep-Nov 1992","84","27","57" "Oct-Dec 1992","88","27","60" "Nov-Jan 1993","89","28","62" "Dec-Feb 1993","90","28","62" "Jan-Mar 1993","89","28","61" "Feb-Apr 1993","88","29","59" "Mar-May 1993","87","29","58" "Apr-Jun 1993","87","29","58" "May-Jul 1993","88","30","58" "Jun-Aug 1993","90","31","59" "Jul-Sep 1993","88","29","59" "Aug-Oct 1993","85","29","56" "Sep-Nov 1993","78","27","51" "Oct-Dec 1993","76","26","50" "Nov-Jan 1994","79","27","52" "Dec-Feb 1994","80","28","52" "Jan-Mar 1994","84","31","53" "Feb-Apr 1994","84","31","53" "Mar-May 1994","89","31","58" "Apr-Jun 1994","84","30","54" "May-Jul 1994","84","32","52" "Jun-Aug 1994","83","30","53" "Jul-Sep 1994","83","30","53" "Aug-Oct 1994","85","31","54" "Sep-Nov 1994","88","31","57" "Oct-Dec 1994","88","32","56" "Nov-Jan 1995","87","31","56" "Dec-Feb 1995","90","32","58" "Jan-Mar 1995","90","31","59" "Feb-Apr 1995","94","32","62" "Mar-May 1995","91","31","60" "Apr-Jun 1995","89","31","58" "May-Jul 1995","89","30","59" "Jun-Aug 1995","92","33","59" "Jul-Sep 1995","95","33","61" "Aug-Oct 1995","97","34","63" "Sep-Nov 1995","100","36","64" "Oct-Dec 1995","101","37","64" "Nov-Jan 1996","101","36","66" "Dec-Feb 1996","91","32","58" "Jan-Mar 1996","84","29","55" "Feb-Apr 1996","80","29","51" "Mar-May 1996","84","29","55" "Apr-Jun 1996","84","29","55" "May-Jul 1996","84","29","55" "Jun-Aug 1996","79","26","54" "Jul-Sep 1996","79","27","53" "Aug-Oct 1996","80","28","53" "Sep-Nov 1996","86","33","53" "Oct-Dec 1996","84","31","52" "Nov-Jan 1997","86","32","54" "Dec-Feb 1997","89","36","53" "Jan-Mar 1997","93","40","53" "Feb-Apr 1997","84","40","44" "Mar-May 1997","90","41","49" "Apr-Jun 1997","94","42","53" "May-Jul 1997","94","41","53" "Jun-Aug 1997","102","46","56" "Jul-Sep 1997","99","44","55" "Aug-Oct 1997","96","43","53" "Sep-Nov 1997","91","38","53" "Oct-Dec 1997","90","34","56" "Nov-Jan 1998","95","39","56" "Dec-Feb 1998","97","38","58" "Jan-Mar 1998","101","38","63" "Feb-Apr 1998","104","40","64" "Mar-May 1998","109","44","65" "Apr-Jun 1998","112","45","67" "May-Jul 1998","116","48","68" "Jun-Aug 1998","113","45","67" "Jul-Sep 1998","114","46","68" "Aug-Oct 1998","117","46","71" "Sep-Nov 1998","115","45","70" "Oct-Dec 1998","116","45","70" "Nov-Jan 1999","117","45","72" "Dec-Feb 1999","120","47","73" "Jan-Mar 1999","117","44","73" "Feb-Apr 1999","117","43","74" "Mar-May 1999","116","39","77" "Apr-Jun 1999","113","41","73" "May-Jul 1999","111","39","72" "Jun-Aug 1999","113","42","70" "Jul-Sep 1999","112","41","71" "Aug-Oct 1999","116","44","72" "Sep-Nov 1999","124","48","76" "Oct-Dec 1999","124","50","74" "Nov-Jan 2000","120","49","71" "Dec-Feb 2000","127","49","78" "Jan-Mar 2000","132","50","82" "Feb-Apr 2000","125","48","77" "Mar-May 2000","119","45","74" "Apr-Jun 2000","121","46","75" "May-Jul 2000","128","50","78" "Jun-Aug 2000","131","49","81" "Jul-Sep 2000","133","48","85" "Aug-Oct 2000","131","47","84" "Sep-Nov 2000","129","45","84" "Oct-Dec 2000","130","45","85" "Nov-Jan 2001","133","48","85" "Dec-Feb 2001","128","44","83" "Jan-Mar 2001","128","45","83" "Feb-Apr 2001","130","47","84" "Mar-May 2001","136","50","87" "Apr-Jun 2001","141","55","86" "May-Jul 2001","137","52","84" "Jun-Aug 2001","140","55","85" "Jul-Sep 2001","133","55","78" "Aug-Oct 2001","131","58","73" "Sep-Nov 2001","128","57","71" "Oct-Dec 2001","130","59","70" "Nov-Jan 2002","132","58","73" "Dec-Feb 2002","130","60","70" "Jan-Mar 2002","132","62","70" "Feb-Apr 2002","137","62","74" "Mar-May 2002","142","65","77" "Apr-Jun 2002","141","60","82" "May-Jul 2002","141","59","81" "Jun-Aug 2002","138","57","80" "Jul-Sep 2002","140","59","81" "Aug-Oct 2002","144","58","86" "Sep-Nov 2002","142","60","81" "Oct-Dec 2002","138","59","79" "Nov-Jan 2003","132","61","72" "Dec-Feb 2003","137","62","75" "Jan-Mar 2003","139","64","75" "Feb-Apr 2003","140","66","73" "Mar-May 2003","146","66","80" "Apr-Jun 2003","150","67","82" "May-Jul 2003","147","68","79" "Jun-Aug 2003","150","69","81" "Jul-Sep 2003","156","72","84" "Aug-Oct 2003","163","73","90" "Sep-Nov 2003","171","71","100" "Oct-Dec 2003","178","74","103" "Nov-Jan 2004","180","77","104" "Dec-Feb 2004","186","76","110" "Jan-Mar 2004","188","73","114" "Feb-Apr 2004","185","72","114" "Mar-May 2004","183","72","111" "Apr-Jun 2004","182","73","109" "May-Jul 2004","179","69","110" "Jun-Aug 2004","177","68","109" "Jul-Sep 2004","170","64","106" "Aug-Oct 2004","171","66","105" "Sep-Nov 2004","171","69","102" "Oct-Dec 2004","167","66","101" "Nov-Jan 2005","167","66","101" "Dec-Feb 2005","166","66","100" "Jan-Mar 2005","166","69","97" "Feb-Apr 2005","176","76","100" "Mar-May 2005","168","72","96" "Apr-Jun 2005","165","72","92" "May-Jul 2005","162","73","88" "Jun-Aug 2005","167","75","91" "Jul-Sep 2005","169","76","93" "Aug-Oct 2005","170","77","93" "Sep-Nov 2005","168","76","92" "Oct-Dec 2005","169","77","92" "Nov-Jan 2006","169","76","93" "Dec-Feb 2006","177","76","101" "Jan-Mar 2006","175","76","98" "Feb-Apr 2006","172","72","100" "Mar-May 2006","171","73","97" "Apr-Jun 2006","170","70","101" "May-Jul 2006","176","75","102" "Jun-Aug 2006","186","77","109" "Jul-Sep 2006","186","74","112" "Aug-Oct 2006","188","75","113" "Sep-Nov 2006","190","76","114" "Oct-Dec 2006","194","78","116" "Nov-Jan 2007","198","83","115" "Dec-Feb 2007","192","82","110" "Jan-Mar 2007","189","81","107" "Feb-Apr 2007","178","80","98" "Mar-May 2007","176","76","101" "Apr-Jun 2007","174","75","99" "May-Jul 2007","181","79","102" "Jun-Aug 2007","165","70","95" "Jul-Sep 2007","169","72","97" "Aug-Oct 2007","168","71","97" "Sep-Nov 2007","173","72","102" "Oct-Dec 2007","170","71","99" "Nov-Jan 2008","174","69","105" "Dec-Feb 2008","177","69","108" "Jan-Mar 2008","184","69","115" "Feb-Apr 2008","187","73","114" "Mar-May 2008","193","76","117" "Apr-Jun 2008","203","78","126" "May-Jul 2008","215","82","134" "Jun-Aug 2008","216","83","133" "Jul-Sep 2008","207","81","126" "Aug-Oct 2008","197","80","117" "Sep-Nov 2008","199","79","120" "Oct-Dec 2008","198","80","118" "Nov-Jan 2009","191","77","114" "Dec-Feb 2009","183","78","105" "Jan-Mar 2009","184","77","107" "Feb-Apr 2009","190","79","112" "Mar-May 2009","191","80","111" "Apr-Jun 2009","189","79","110" "May-Jul 2009","181","72","108" "Jun-Aug 2009","184","70","114" "Jul-Sep 2009","189","79","110" "Aug-Oct 2009","190","79","112" "Sep-Nov 2009","183","76","107" "Oct-Dec 2009","187","77","110" "Nov-Jan 2010","185","75","109" "Dec-Feb 2010","179","72","107" "Jan-Mar 2010","168","69","99" "Feb-Apr 2010","172","68","104" "Mar-May 2010","167","63","104" "Apr-Jun 2010","172","70","102" "May-Jul 2010","171","70","101" "Jun-Aug 2010","170","77","93" "Jul-Sep 2010","165","72","93" "Aug-Oct 2010","164","72","92" "Sep-Nov 2010","172","78","94" "Oct-Dec 2010","164","73","91" "Nov-Jan 2011","164","73","91" "Dec-Feb 2011","172","76","96" "Jan-Mar 2011","182","81","100" "Feb-Apr 2011","185","83","102" "Mar-May 2011","180","74","106" "Apr-Jun 2011","180","71","109" "May-Jul 2011","182","71","111" "Jun-Aug 2011","181","67","114" "Jul-Sep 2011","190","67","123" "Aug-Oct 2011","184","68","116" "Sep-Nov 2011","184","68","116" "Oct-Dec 2011","188","69","119" "Nov-Jan 2012","188","73","116" "Dec-Feb 2012","181","73","108" "Jan-Mar 2012","191","73","117" "Feb-Apr 2012","192","75","116" "Mar-May 2012","191","76","116" "Apr-Jun 2012","184","73","110" "May-Jul 2012","181","72","110" "Jun-Aug 2012","182","75","107" "Jul-Sep 2012","182","70","112" "Aug-Oct 2012","185","69","117" "Sep-Nov 2012","182","62","120" "Oct-Dec 2012","184","65","119" "Nov-Jan 2013","185","62","122" "Dec-Feb 2013","183","62","121" "Jan-Mar 2013","178","61","117" "Feb-Apr 2013","182","64","119" "Mar-May 2013","181","65","116" "Apr-Jun 2013","189","68","121" "May-Jul 2013","186","65","121" "Jun-Aug 2013","193","68","125" "Jul-Sep 2013","194","72","121" "Aug-Oct 2013","195","74","121" "Sep-Nov 2013","191","75","116" "Oct-Dec 2013","190","76","114" "Nov-Jan 2014","192","76","116" "Dec-Feb 2014","193","78","115" "Jan-Mar 2014","192","80","112" "Feb-Apr 2014","188","82","106" "Mar-May 2014","194","90","104" "Apr-Jun 2014","195","85","110" "May-Jul 2014","181","86","94" "Jun-Aug 2014","174","80","94" "Jul-Sep 2014","172","79","94" "Aug-Oct 2014","175","75","99" "Sep-Nov 2014","187","84","103" "Oct-Dec 2014","189","84","105" "Nov-Jan 2015","195","85","110" "Dec-Feb 2015","196","84","112" "Jan-Mar 2015","213","88","125" "Feb-Apr 2015","213","88","125" "Mar-May 2015","217","90","128" "Apr-Jun 2015","224","94","129" "May-Jul 2015","229","96","133" "Jun-Aug 2015","221","88","133" "Jul-Sep 2015","215","81","134" "Aug-Oct 2015","218","86","132" "Sep-Nov 2015","225","90","135" "Oct-Dec 2015","233","95","137" "Nov-Jan 2016","237","99","139" "Dec-Feb 2016","248","103","145" "Jan-Mar 2016","251","110","141" "Feb-Apr 2016","243","100","143" "Mar-May 2016","238","92","146" "Apr-Jun 2016","239","95","145" "May-Jul 2016","246","97","149" "Jun-Aug 2016","249","101","147" "Jul-Sep 2016","252","103","150" "Aug-Oct 2016","249","101","147" "Sep-Nov 2016","256","104","152" "Oct-Dec 2016","257","103","154" "Nov-Jan 2017","266","101","164" "Dec-Feb 2017","258","102","156" "Jan-Mar 2017","254","99","155" "Feb-Apr 2017","256","96","160" "Mar-May 2017","252","90","162" "Apr-Jun 2017","257","91","166" "May-Jul 2017","262","93","169" "Jun-Aug 2017","272","104","168" "Jul-Sep 2017","269","98","171" "Aug-Oct 2017","265","94","171" "Sep-Nov 2017","262","92","170" "Oct-Dec 2017","257","86","171" "Nov-Jan 2018","255","84","170" "Dec-Feb 2018","249","80","169" "Jan-Mar 2018","254","80","174" "Feb-Apr 2018","249","84","166" "Mar-May 2018","264","93","171" "Apr-Jun 2018","257","93","164" "May-Jul 2018","267","99","169" "Jun-Aug 2018","272","92","180" "Jul-Sep 2018","280","94","186" "Aug-Oct 2018","287","97","191" "Sep-Nov 2018","270","93","176" "Oct-Dec 2018","262","94","168" "Nov-Jan 2019","260","94","166" "Dec-Feb 2019","262","95","168" "Jan-Mar 2019","271","94","177" "Feb-Apr 2019","284","93","191" "Mar-May 2019","280","94","186" "Apr-Jun 2019","278","95","184" "May-Jul 2019","278","92","186" "Jun-Aug 2019","276","91","186" "Jul-Sep 2019","272","92","180"