"Figure 8: Main reasons for economic inactivity for men aged 16 to 64","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Student","Looking after family or home","Temp sick","Long-term sick","Discouraged workers","Retired","Other" "Apr-Jun 1995","27.6","5.1","3.7","41.3","2.3","11.3","8.7" "Jul-Sep 1995","26.5","5.3","3.9","42.0","2.3","11.1","8.9" "Oct-Dec 1995","25.8","5.7","3.9","42.3","2.2","11.1","9.0" "Jan-Mar 1996","25.6","5.9","3.8","42.2","2.2","11.1","9.2" "Apr-Jun 1996","25.2","6.0","3.7","42.1","2.2","11.6","9.3" "Jul-Sep 1996","25.9","5.5","3.5","42.8","1.9","11.4","9.0" "Oct-Dec 1996","25.7","5.6","3.4","43.2","1.9","11.3","8.9" "Jan-Mar 1997","25.3","5.4","3.6","43.6","1.7","11.7","8.7" "Apr-Jun 1997","24.9","5.6","3.9","42.8","2.0","11.5","9.3" "Jul-Sep 1997","25.2","5.7","3.6","42.8","1.4","11.6","9.7" "Oct-Dec 1997","24.9","5.9","3.6","43.3","1.6","11.8","9.0" "Jan-Mar 1998","25.0","6.0","3.4","43.4","1.4","11.8","9.0" "Apr-Jun 1998","24.5","6.1","3.2","43.2","1.5","12.2","9.4" "Jul-Sep 1998","24.1","6.2","2.9","44.2","1.5","12.2","8.9" "Oct-Dec 1998","25.3","5.7","2.9","43.5","1.2","11.9","9.4" "Jan-Mar 1999","25.0","6.0","2.9","42.8","1.6","12.1","9.5" "Apr-Jun 1999","24.7","6.1","2.7","43.1","1.4","12.3","9.8" "Jul-Sep 1999","24.3","6.0","2.8","42.7","1.3","13.0","9.9" "Oct-Dec 1999","24.0","6.1","3.5","41.4","1.5","13.3","10.2" "Jan-Mar 2000","24.1","5.8","3.2","41.9","1.5","13.0","10.4" "Apr-Jun 2000","24.7","5.7","3.0","41.7","1.3","13.1","10.5" "Jul-Sep 2000","24.3","5.8","2.9","41.1","1.0","13.2","11.8" "Oct-Dec 2000","24.5","5.8","3.0","42.0","0.8","12.6","11.2" "Jan-Mar 2001","24.3","5.8","2.5","42.5","0.9","12.7","11.4" "Apr-Jun 2001","24.7","6.0","3.0","41.6","0.7","13.4","10.6" "Jul-Sep 2001","24.9","6.0","3.0","41.5","0.7","13.4","10.5" "Oct-Dec 2001","24.3","6.0","3.0","41.9","0.7","13.2","10.9" "Jan-Mar 2002","24.6","6.2","2.8","41.5","0.9","13.1","10.9" "Apr-Jun 2002","24.8","6.0","2.9","41.2","0.7","13.0","11.4" "Jul-Sep 2002","25.7","5.7","3.1","40.3","0.7","13.0","11.5" "Oct-Dec 2002","25.9","6.0","3.2","40.0","0.8","13.3","10.8" "Jan-Mar 2003","26.0","6.0","3.0","40.0","0.7","13.2","11.0" "Apr-Jun 2003","27.5","6.0","2.9","38.7","0.6","12.9","11.2" "Jul-Sep 2003","27.3","6.2","2.9","38.3","0.7","13.2","11.4" "Oct-Dec 2003","27.5","6.2","3.0","38.0","0.6","12.8","11.8" "Jan-Mar 2004","27.7","6.1","3.1","38.0","0.7","13.0","11.5" "Apr-Jun 2004","27.6","6.0","3.0","38.2","0.7","13.1","11.3" "Jul-Sep 2004","27.8","6.4","3.3","38.2","0.6","12.8","10.9" "Oct-Dec 2004","27.6","5.9","2.9","38.1","0.7","13.4","11.5" "Jan-Mar 2005","27.5","6.1","2.7","38.1","0.7","12.9","12.1" "Apr-Jun 2005","27.8","6.0","3.1","37.7","0.7","13.4","11.3" "Jul-Sep 2005","29.3","6.0","3.3","36.7","0.6","13.2","10.9" "Oct-Dec 2005","28.8","6.3","3.2","36.4","1.0","13.1","11.3" "Jan-Mar 2006","28.7","6.2","3.0","36.5","0.7","13.6","11.2" "Apr-Jun 2006","28.4","6.2","3.0","36.5","0.8","13.8","11.3" "Jul-Sep 2006","28.5","6.4","3.0","36.2","0.9","13.9","11.2" "Oct-Dec 2006","29.0","6.0","3.1","36.0","0.9","14.1","10.8" "Jan-Mar 2007","29.1","6.3","3.4","35.7","0.8","13.8","10.9" "Apr-Jun 2007","29.7","6.4","2.7","35.9","0.6","14.0","10.6" "Jul-Sep 2007","29.8","5.9","3.1","34.9","0.7","14.1","11.4" "Oct-Dec 2007","29.9","6.1","3.1","35.6","0.5","13.8","11.0" "Jan-Mar 2008","30.2","6.1","2.7","35.7","0.7","13.6","11.0" "Apr-Jun 2008","30.7","6.0","2.6","35.2","0.7","13.7","11.1" "Jul-Sep 2008","30.3","6.2","2.9","35.8","0.6","13.8","10.5" "Oct-Dec 2008","32.2","6.1","2.4","34.3","1.0","13.9","10.1" "Jan-Mar 2009","32.5","6.3","2.6","34.9","1.0","13.3","9.5" "Apr-Jun 2009","32.5","6.4","2.5","34.1","1.1","13.1","10.3" "Jul-Sep 2009","33.4","6.3","2.5","33.8","1.4","13.0","9.6" "Oct-Dec 2009","34.4","6.4","2.6","32.4","1.4","13.5","9.2" "Jan-Mar 2010","34.3","6.3","2.6","32.6","1.2","13.4","9.6" "Apr-Jun 2010","33.6","6.3","2.7","33.6","1.2","13.1","9.5" "Jul-Sep 2010","32.5","6.0","2.3","34.0","1.2","13.8","10.2" "Oct-Dec 2010","31.8","5.7","2.2","34.4","1.4","14.0","10.6" "Jan-Mar 2011","33.4","5.7","2.2","33.6","1.5","13.6","10.0" "Apr-Jun 2011","33.9","5.9","2.2","33.7","1.2","13.7","9.5" "Jul-Sep 2011","34.0","6.0","2.3","32.7","1.2","14.4","9.4" "Oct-Dec 2011","34.5","6.0","2.3","31.6","1.3","14.1","10.2" "Jan-Mar 2012","33.9","6.4","2.4","31.8","1.6","13.7","10.3" "Apr-Jun 2012","33.3","6.2","2.6","31.8","1.2","14.2","10.8" "Jul-Sep 2012","34.4","6.4","2.8","30.6","1.2","14.1","10.4" "Oct-Dec 2012","35.0","6.7","3.0","30.8","1.1","14.2","9.3" "Jan-Mar 2013","35.5","6.5","2.6","30.9","1.2","13.8","9.5" "Apr-Jun 2013","35.8","5.9","2.4","30.9","1.0","14.3","9.8" "Jul-Sep 2013","35.9","6.8","3.0","29.8","0.8","14.1","9.6" "Oct-Dec 2013","35.0","7.1","3.0","30.9","0.7","13.7","9.6" "Jan-Mar 2014","35.5","6.9","2.9","29.7","0.7","14.0","10.4" "Apr-Jun 2014","35.9","7.2","2.5","29.5","0.7","14.0","10.2" "Jul-Sep 2014","36.1","6.8","2.3","29.6","0.6","13.6","10.9" "Oct-Dec 2014","36.0","6.9","2.5","29.7","0.7","13.7","10.5" "Jan-Mar 2015","35.9","7.0","2.6","29.3","0.7","14.1","10.5" "Apr-Jun 2015","35.8","7.2","2.7","29.8","0.7","13.6","10.3" "Jul-Sep 2015","35.1","7.0","2.7","30.5","0.7","13.3","10.6" "Oct-Dec 2015","35.4","7.1","2.8","29.7","0.6","12.9","11.5" "Jan-Mar 2016","34.7","7.4","2.7","30.5","0.4","12.7","11.5" "Apr-Jun 2016","35.2","7.4","2.4","29.6","0.5","13.2","11.8" "Jul-Sep 2016","35.8","7.5","2.4","28.4","0.5","13.1","12.3" "Oct-Dec 2016","34.5","7.6","2.3","28.1","0.6","13.7","13.3" "Jan-Mar 2017","34.9","7.8","2.3","28.1","0.6","14.0","12.3" "Apr-Jun 2017","34.7","7.3","2.3","28.6","0.4","14.3","12.4"