"Figure 6: Main reasons for economic inactivity, all people aged 16 to 64","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 2 (April to June) 2000, Quarter 2 (April to June) 2008 and Quarter 2 (April to June) 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Apr-Jun 2000","Apr-Jun 2008","Apr-Jun 2017" "Student","16.7","21.7","26.3" "Looking after
family or home","28.5","26.2","24.4" "Temp sick","2.2","2.0","1.8" "Long-term sick","26.4","23.8","22.5" "Discouraged
workers","1.0","0.4","0.3" "Retired","15.1","16.6","13.9" "Other","10.1","9.2","10.9"