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(CSV) Children in workless households – DWP equality information 2013 (data)
Updated 12 July 2013
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| 3. Proportion of children living in workless households | |||||||||
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| Household Labour Force Survey (LFS) | |||||||||
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| The latest data available at July 2013 covers Quarter 4 2012. | |||||||||
| New data are released twice a year, for Quarter 2 and Quarter 4 each year, typically 2-4 months after the reference period. | |||||||||
| Splits are currently available by age, ethnicity and gender of child. | |||||||||
| Splits are not currently available by disability or religion, because these questions are only asked of LFS respondents aged 16 years or over. | |||||||||
| Only respondents aged 16 years or over are asked their sexual orientation, but in any case this information is only made available on a separate version of the data, the Integrated Household Survey. | |||||||||
| The LFS does not record whether or not respondents are pregnant or have undergone gender reassignment, so it is not possible to provide separate estimates for these groups. | |||||||||
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| What does this tell us? | |||||||||
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| This indicator looks at the proportion of children living in workless households in the UK. A workless household is a household that includes at least one person aged 16 to 64 where no-one aged 16 or over is in employment. | |||||||||
| This indicator reflects the Department's core aims around employment and preventing worklessness. | |||||||||
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| How will an improvement be shown? | |||||||||
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| Generally, an improvement would be demonstrated by a fall in the indicator. Such a change would imply a rise in the proportion of children living in a household with at least one working adult. | |||||||||
| However other factors, for example, changes in household types over time may also influence estimates. | |||||||||
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| Links to other information that you may find useful | |||||||||
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| Further information can be found on the Office of National Statistics website, available at: | |||||||||
| http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/all-releases.html?definition=tcm:77-222907 | |||||||||
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| Table 3.1: Percentage of children in each household economic activity category by age of child, October-December 2010, 2011, 20121,2,5 | |||||||||
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| Not set | Combined economic activity status of household | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Age of child | Working households | Not set | Not set | Households containing both working and workless members | Not set | Not set | Workless households | Not set | Not set |
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| Under 1 | 55.5 | 54.6 | 54.6 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 30.1 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.3 |
| 1 | 49.6 | 50.1 | 51.9 | 33.6 | 30.9 | 32.1 | 16.8 | 19.0 | 15.9 |
| 2 | 51.3 | 51.5 | 51.9 | 31.0 | 31.6 | 33.6 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 14.4 |
| 3 | 51.8 | 51.9 | 52.7 | 31.1 | 31.2 | 30.7 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 |
| 4 | 48.4 | 50.9 | 50.7 | 33.4 | 29.8 | 31.4 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 17.9 |
| 5 | 52.6 | 51.4 | 52.6 | 28.9 | 30.3 | 31.1 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 16.3 |
| 6 | 52.9 | 51.8 | 54.1 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 31.3 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
| 7 | 53.4 | 53.8 | 52.7 | 28.9 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 15.6 |
| 8 | 55.3 | 53.0 | 59.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 13.3 |
| 9 | 53.5 | 53.1 | 56.8 | 31.6 | 32.4 | 29.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 13.6 |
| 10 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 58.4 | 28.6 | 33.0 | 28.8 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
| 11 | 53.9 | 52.5 | 55.9 | 30.8 | 33.0 | 31.2 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 12.9 |
| 12 | 51.2 | 53.8 | 54.3 | 33.3 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 12.8 |
| 13 | 51.4 | 49.4 | 52.1 | 35.9 | 38.2 | 36.5 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.4 |
| 14 | 47.0 | 48.6 | 47.9 | 38.7 | 39.8 | 40.7 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| 15 | 50.0 | 48.5 | 50.6 | 36.8 | 38.5 | 38.4 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 10.9 |
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| All | 52.1 | 51.7 | 53.4 | 31.9 | 32.6 | 32.4 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.2 |
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| For 2010 and 2011 data the estimates do not match exactly those published in the previous Equality Reports, because they have been revised by ONS to take account of updated population estimates. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Although none of the differences between consecutive age groups is statistically significant, there is a general pattern of the indicator decreasing with age (after the age of around 4 years), such that the differences between the youngest and eldest age groups are statistically significant. For example, the indicator for those aged 15 years is significantly lower than for each group aged under 8 years. Likewise, the indicator for those aged under 1 year is significantly higher than for each group aged 13 years or more. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| The central estimates shown in the table suggest that the indicator has decreased since 2010 for each of the age groups shown. Although the decrease for all ages combined was statistically significant, the decrease was not statistically significant for any single age group, at least partly due to the smaller sample sizes involved in estimating these changes. There is no evidence of a significant change over time in the pattern of the indicator across different age groups. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Table 3.2: Percentage of children in each household economic activity category by gender of child, October-December 2010, 2011, 20121,2,5 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Not set | Combined economic activity status of household | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Gender of Child | Working households | Not set | Not set | Households containing both working and workless members | Not set | Not set | Workless households | Not set | Not set |
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| Male | 52.2 | 51.2 | 53.2 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 32.4 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 14.5 |
| Female | 51.9 | 52.3 | 53.7 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
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| All | 52.1 | 51.7 | 53.4 | 31.9 | 32.6 | 32.4 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.2 |
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| For 2010 and 2011 data the estimates do not match exactly those published in the previous Equality Reports, because they have been revised by ONS to take account of updated population estimates. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Although the indicator is slightly higher for male children than female, the difference between the two groups is not statistically significant. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| For both male and female children, the indicator has fallen by a statistically significant amount on the year and since 2010. | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Table 3.3: Percentage of children in each household economic activity category by ethnic origin of child, October-December 2010, 2011, 20121,2,4,5 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Not set | Combined economic activity status of household | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Ethnic origin of child | Working households | Not set | Not set | Households containing both working and workless members | Not set | Not set | Workless households | Not set | Not set |
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| White | - | 56.3 | 58.0 | - | 29.2 | 28.8 | - | 14.5 | 13.2 |
| Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | - | 46.5 | 48.0 | - | 31.0 | 31.0 | - | 22.5 | 20.9 |
| Indian | - | 37.8 | 49.1 | - | 56.1 | 46.3 | - | 6.1 | 4.6 |
| Pakistani / Bangladeshi | - | 13.0 | 15.2 | - | 68.0 | 66.7 | - | 19.1 | 18.0 |
| Black / African / Caribbean / Black British | - | 30.1 | 36.7 | - | 35.1 | 36.5 | - | 34.9 | 26.9 |
| Chinese / Other ethnic group | - | 31.5 | 31.1 | - | 48.8 | 48.3 | - | 19.7 | 20.6 |
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| All 3 | - | 51.7 | 53.4 | - | 32.6 | 32.4 | - | 15.7 | 14.2 |
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| The indicator was lowest for the Indian group, followed by the White group, in each case by a statistically significant margin. The indicator was highest for the Black group (including Black, African, Caribbean and Black British), and the gap was statistically significant compared with all other groups except those from mixed / multiple ethnic groups. | |||||||||
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| The central estimates shown in the table suggest that the indicator has decreased since 2011 for all ethnic groups except the 'Chinese / Other' group, although this covers a wide range of different ethnic groups. However, the only changes that were statistically significant were the decreases experienced by the White group and Black group (including Black, African, Caribbean and Black British). Ethnicity questions in the Labour Force Survey were changed in 2011, in line with the 2011 Census. The impact of these changes is under assessment by the Office for National Statistics. Comparisons with 2011 estimates should be treated with caution, and direct comparisons with earlier periods are not possible. There is no evidence of a significant change since 2011 in the pattern of the indicator across different ethnic groups. | |||||||||
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| Notes: | |||||||||
| 1. Children refers to children under 16. | |||||||||
| 2. Households including at least one person aged 16 to 64. | |||||||||
| 3. Total includes children with unknown ethnic origin. | |||||||||
| 4. In this year's report the ethnicity categories are classified differently to the previous year. | |||||||||
| 5. Data are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage points. |