"Figure 7: The decrease in economic inactivity during the latest three-month period was mainly among those inactive because they are students, long-term sick, or retired","" "UK economic inactivity by reason, people aged 16 to 64 years, seasonally adjusted, cumulative change from December 2019 to February 2020, for each period up to September to November 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Discouraged workers are those who are not looking for work because they believe no jobs are available. 2. Other reasons for being economically inactive include those who are waiting for the results of a job application; have not yet started looking for work; do not need or want employment; have given an uncategorised reason for being economically inactive; or have not given a reason for being economically inactive." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Period","Economically inactive (16 to 64)","Student","Looking after family or home","Temp sick","Long-term sick","Discouraged workers [note 1]","Retired","Other [note 2]" "Dec to Feb 2020","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000" "Jan to Mar 2020","76.300","14.172","-13.659","4.872","15.112","1.856","23.138","30.809" "Feb to Apr 2020","195.851","2.730","-22.959","-5.681","36.164","2.061","23.311","160.225" "Mar to May 2020","224.230","-40.686","-48.518","-6.618","14.177","9.204","17.422","279.249" "Apr to Jun 2020","290.237","-4.261","-48.770","-19.178","10.756","22.626","-10.376","339.441" "May to Jul 2020","283.555","92.514","-106.144","-27.795","36.013","28.457","9.556","250.955" "Jun to Aug 2020","328.054","207.429","-144.777","-37.212","64.229","26.379","14.536","197.469" "Jul to Sep 2020","381.764","246.298","-185.906","-21.576","107.976","25.597","13.208","196.166" "Aug to Oct 2020","348.483","226.417","-209.124","-12.434","105.968","29.773","5.525","202.359" "Sep to Nov 2020","319.504","218.091","-174.919","-4.393","82.050","36.582","-21.068","183.161" "Oct to Dec 2020","403.228","266.040","-192.330","14.254","120.668","39.101","-29.918","185.412" "Nov to Jan 2021","438.661","312.081","-203.670","0.452","91.602","49.101","-10.311","199.405" "Dec to Feb 2021","411.863","339.380","-253.957","3.648","67.487","57.158","-6.851","204.999" "Jan to Mar 2021","460.637","363.696","-247.444","3.891","95.870","46.086","17.892","180.647" "Feb to Apr 2021","470.834","390.701","-241.183","8.740","84.713","39.241","35.891","152.730" "Mar to May 2021","460.988","364.849","-226.209","4.233","100.909","33.875","56.584","126.747" "Apr to Jun 2021","393.974","341.198","-240.757","10.073","70.008","24.769","67.811","120.872" "May to Jul 2021","395.218","303.362","-213.667","-1.881","109.422","12.064","80.747","105.172" "Jun to Aug 2021","403.208","254.866","-192.238","15.295","149.611","-1.771","61.236","116.210" "Jul to Sep 2021","430.770","231.699","-182.959","25.307","174.947","1.208","68.590","111.979" "Aug to Oct 2021","442.764","210.216","-161.920","26.373","182.094","-2.439","45.949","142.491" "Sep to Nov 2021","463.386","193.382","-181.527","23.847","227.596","-2.213","34.727","167.573" "Oct to Dec 2021","447.809","160.350","-169.107","9.148","214.743","-11.450","50.046","194.079" "Nov to Jan 2022","486.548","194.346","-151.577","23.330","223.886","-14.184","58.592","152.155" "Dec to Feb 2022","522.113","172.831","-106.365","32.266","237.625","-17.881","77.227","126.410" "Jan to Mar 2022","494.840","187.337","-99.250","27.100","202.898","-15.509","53.575","138.690" "Feb to Apr 2022","447.294","140.731","-115.896","26.156","225.097","-15.793","57.906","129.093" "Mar to May 2022","378.073","139.690","-148.090","30.640","208.655","-21.958","63.174","105.961" "Apr to Jun 2022","521.183","206.583","-127.051","30.305","273.853","-17.053","74.014","80.532" "May to Jul 2022","641.710","270.836","-117.895","25.067","352.011","-17.667","74.226","55.131" "Jun to Aug 2022","629.652","288.783","-113.547","-4.749","377.681","-14.466","59.304","36.645" "Jul to Sep 2022","628.802","277.733","-119.759","-15.707","406.707","-16.959","34.611","62.176" "Aug to Oct 2022","565.441","273.978","-131.326","5.594","343.193","-9.209","25.264","57.948" "Sep to Nov 2022","574.796","226.978","-114.304","25.439","325.451","-4.162","7.405","107.990"