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5. Economic activity
The SHS collects data on the current economic situation and the characteristics of individuals and households in different economic activity categories. The information gathered in the SHS about the economic status of members of the household is reported by the respondent in the "household" part of the interview and may not conform to official definitions of employment and unemployment. The SHS is not directly comparable with the Labour Force Survey ( LFS) - the official source of employment, qualifications and training data in the UK. The SHS has questions on these topics only for selecting the data of particular groups, such as those who are unemployed or permanently retired from work, for further analysis or for use as background variables when analysing other topics.
Figure 5.1 shows the economic activity of adults by gender. Almost half (46%) of all men and 27% of women are in full-time employment. Women are more often in part-time employment than men (16% compared with 4%). A quarter of men (25%) and nearly 3 in 10 (29%) women are retired from work. Eleven percent of women report that they are looking after home and family.
Figure 5.1: Current economic situation of adults
2007 data, Adult males (base: 5245)
2007 data, Adult females (base: 6976)
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