ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Economic activity relates to whether or not a person was working or looking for work in the week before the census. It provides a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market. In Stoke-on-Trent economically active women (14.3%) provided more unpaid care than economically active men (10.1%). Among the economically inactive the overall percentage of the population providing unpaid care was higher than for those who are economically active 15.4% – compared with 12%. The gender gap is much less pronounced, 15.6% of women and 15.2% of men. As the economically inactive are generally older, with a large proportion at state pension age or above, these results are consistent with the evidence that suggests the likelihood of providing unpaid care becomes more equally distributed between the genders with increasing age. Part time workers provided the most unpaid care with 15.3% providing some level of unpaid care. Though unpaid care is more common among part time workers, the difference between the economically active and the economically inactive is not that great. In Stoke-on-Trent 3.6% of carers are working full time and providing 50 hours care or more and compared to 5% who are staying at home to look after the family, and providing 50 hours. When considering economic inactivity in Stoke-on-Trent those staying at home to look after family are providing the most unpaid care (28% of this group of people), with 15.7% of them providing 50 hours or more compared to 1.4 % of people working full time. HEALTH A comparison of carers with the general population in Stoke-on-Trent showed that significantly fewer carers described their health as good (66% against 78% in the general population). In general, the more hours of unpaid care provided the more likely someone was to state that their general health was good’. ‘not Those providing 50 hours or more unpaid care per week reported the worst general health with only 51% describing their health as good and more than double – describing it as bad when compared with the general population. (17% and 8% respectively) Further analysis looking at the level of care provided showed that those providing 50 hours or more of care reported lower levels of general health this was true across –
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Economic activity relates to whether or not a person was working or looking for work in the week before the census. It provides a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market. In Stoke-on-Trent economically active women (14.3%) provided more unpaid care than economically active men (10.1%). Among the economically inactive the overall percentage of the population providing unpaid care was higher than for those who are economically active – 15.4% compared with 12%. The gender gap is much less pronounced, 15.6% of women and 15.2% of men. As the economically inactive are generally older, with a large proportion at state pension age or above, these results are consistent with the evidence that suggests the likelihood of providing unpaid care becomes more equally distributed between the genders with increasing age. Part time workers provided the most unpaid care with 15.3% providing some level of unpaid care. Though unpaid care is more common among part time workers, the difference between the economically active and the economically inactive is not that great. In Stoke-on-Trent 3.6% of carers are working full time and providing 50 hours care or more and compared to 5% who are staying at home to look after the family, and providing 50 hours. When considering economic inactivity in Stoke-on-Trent those staying at home to look after family are providing the most unpaid care (28% of this group of people), with 15.7% of them providing 50 hours or more compared to 1.4 % of people working full time. HEALTH A comparison of carers with the general population in Stoke-on-Trent showed that significantly fewer carers described their health as good (66% against 78% in the general population). In general, the more hours of unpaid care provided the more likely someone was to state that their general health was ‘not good’. Those providing 50 hours or more unpaid care per week reported the worst general health – with only 51% describing their health as good and more than double describing it as bad when compared with the general population. (17% and 8% respectively) Further analysis looking at the level of care provided showed that those providing 50 hours or more of care reported lower levels of general health – this was true across
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