Persons with disabilities, Labour force survey, 2010, 2nd quarter

In 2010 the employment rate among disabled men and women was 45.8 and 41.8 per cent respectively. In the population as a whole the corresponding figures were 76.6 and 72.4 per cent.

24 per cent want paid work

Twenty-four per cent of disabled people not employed wanted to have paid work in the second quarter of 2010. One out of four of these people were classified as unemployed, according to the criteria on active job seeking and availability for a job. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, the unemployment has increased, but in accordance with the general trend.

Gap is small for young people

The difference in the employment rate between the population as a whole and the disabled population was only 8 percentage points among people aged 15-24 years. In older groups the difference was much larger, approximately 35 percentage points. Among the eldest aged 60-66 years, however, the difference was reduced to 25 percentage points.

Tables:

• Table 1 Population aged 15-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status and sex. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group. 2006-2010
• Table 7 Population aged 15-66, total, and persons with disabilities by labour force status, age and sex. 2nd quarter 2010. 1 000 and as per cent of all in each group¹.