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SD Indicator 40: Employment http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/progress/national/40.

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SD Indicator 40: Employment http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk/progress/national/40.htm

40. Employment*
People of working age in employment, 1990 to 2006

Employment rate since: 1990 1999

In 2006, the percentage of working age people in work was 74.6 per cent, almost the same
level as in 1990, and just slightly higher than in 1999, when it was 73.9 per cent.
There was a reduction in the percentage of working age men in employment between 1970
and 1993, from 90.7 to 75.1 per cent. The percentage has increased a little subsequently
and was 78.8 per cent in 2006.
Between 1970 and 2006, the percentage of women in employment rose steadily, from 53.5
to 70.1 per cent.

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