Note: Rate for the spring quarter of each year
| Change since | |
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1970 |
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1990 |
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1998 |
Coverage: United Kingdom
Source: ONS
- The proportion of working age people in workless households fell slightly from 13 per cent in 1998 to 12 per cent in 2003.
- Owing partly to an increase in single adult households, the proportion of working age adults in workless households was higher in 2003 than in 1990.