"Figure 7: Discouraged workers","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, February to April 2006 to February to April 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Discouraged men","Discouraged women" "Feb-Apr 2006","24.53806438","15.39565092" "Mar-May 2006","24.80468925","14.45971368" "Apr-Jun 2006","26.07796094","12.39692992" "May-Jul 2006","21.33237841","13.4963645" "Jun-Aug 2006","27.05467513","15.37039281" "Jul-Sep 2006","26.4319017","16.7365906" "Aug-Oct 2006","25.56846102","15.38000072" "Sep-Nov 2006","25.6750927","14.98050527" "Oct-Dec 2006","27.90548706","18.1393679" "Nov-Jan 2007","33.46334551","18.79494047" "Dec-Feb 2007","29.79000531","19.76915747" "Jan-Mar 2007","26.1354997","20.38605195" "Feb-Apr 2007","22.88664345","20.14778755" "Mar-May 2007","21.66419364","20.45083473" "Apr-Jun 2007","19.16818527","20.45452572" "May-Jul 2007","18.95478566","20.42106025" "Jun-Aug 2007","22.57120655","22.79366746" "Jul-Sep 2007","23.74247586","21.64136929" "Aug-Oct 2007","22.52726574","22.69451454" "Sep-Nov 2007","20.28479039","22.44089559" "Oct-Dec 2007","16.33410849","22.57329251" "Nov-Jan 2008","18.29261529","21.83315841" "Dec-Feb 2008","18.60306773","27.18023164" "Jan-Mar 2008","22.07947375","25.50058734" "Feb-Apr 2008","21.01235062","24.68856405" "Mar-May 2008","22.20801419","19.27114595" "Apr-Jun 2008","22.47599865","17.29700811" "May-Jul 2008","21.05603497","20.80107006" "Jun-Aug 2008","18.03415302","20.99219386" "Jul-Sep 2008","19.95072023","23.34494787" "Aug-Oct 2008","25.78825904","22.91405796" "Sep-Nov 2008","29.5307397","20.86457697" "Oct-Dec 2008","32.0155918","24.02424495" "Nov-Jan 2009","33.28484267","26.85949875" "Dec-Feb 2009","31.90270144","29.29742982" "Jan-Mar 2009","32.72323168","27.60701208" "Feb-Apr 2009","34.15354637","27.19304846" "Mar-May 2009","37.65739206","29.4148579" "Apr-Jun 2009","35.24253515","31.36135073" "May-Jul 2009","35.370764","33.95739687" "Jun-Aug 2009","44.63278351","36.33419454" "Jul-Sep 2009","46.95889726","37.55489082" "Aug-Oct 2009","46.31134053","37.43904131" "Sep-Nov 2009","45.9628791","38.41840785" "Oct-Dec 2009","48.9260571","38.87651006" "Nov-Jan 2010","50.00386494","32.13813184" "Dec-Feb 2010","46.19694084","28.61657505" "Jan-Mar 2010","42.70789633","27.90020558" "Feb-Apr 2010","46.73899951","33.29217754" "Mar-May 2010","42.15888332","28.37603104" "Apr-Jun 2010","39.97939277","29.9721152" "May-Jul 2010","41.73503946","25.63301536" "Jun-Aug 2010","39.86170971","29.59375722" "Jul-Sep 2010","40.92203942","30.15550248" "Aug-Oct 2010","34.54483799","33.32373298" "Sep-Nov 2010","41.85314214","35.26404965" "Oct-Dec 2010","46.54923305","34.96101593" "Nov-Jan 2011","48.13255802","29.9036798" "Dec-Feb 2011","53.11511641","33.00323311" "Jan-Mar 2011","53.31444217","32.49507149" "Feb-Apr 2011","48.18449245","37.31022544" "Mar-May 2011","43.76199047","34.56945823" "Apr-Jun 2011","42.51005972","35.0402158" "May-Jul 2011","45.20132158","33.08463593" "Jun-Aug 2011","42.92353796","33.67344267" "Jul-Sep 2011","42.54606622","30.30933235" "Aug-Oct 2011","41.01476563","29.62155959" "Sep-Nov 2011","42.09189285","27.01931077" "Oct-Dec 2011","44.40302406","26.08862106" "Nov-Jan 2012","51.51247592","30.37561732" "Dec-Feb 2012","56.15543073","31.53565082" "Jan-Mar 2012","53.85375255","35.56377657" "Feb-Apr 2012","46.85483161","33.56214025" "Mar-May 2012","39.3227559","36.98662663" "Apr-Jun 2012","41.2339647","36.72998866" "May-Jul 2012","42.67514272","36.03132134" "Jun-Aug 2012","44.71244949","37.0237188" "Jul-Sep 2012","40.23759991","31.87037675" "Aug-Oct 2012","36.59854766","28.9200666" "Sep-Nov 2012","39.44308432","28.45320849" "Oct-Dec 2012","35.72331103","31.61659969" "Nov-Jan 2013","40.78044412","32.54457966" "Dec-Feb 2013","42.71990029","29.56875742" "Jan-Mar 2013","41.88849324","32.62618606" "Feb-Apr 2013","36.4819157","31.417594" "Mar-May 2013","33.59212239","30.05866929" "Apr-Jun 2013","32.91385101","24.9159809" "May-Jul 2013","30.06886672","24.47239826" "Jun-Aug 2013","23.62482569","26.01165969" "Jul-Sep 2013","25.50318524","30.01774633" "Aug-Oct 2013","27.14485996","26.93684266" "Sep-Nov 2013","25.73758187","25.91258898" "Oct-Dec 2013","22.6983655","25.76799805" "Nov-Jan 2014","21.44653368","24.7001268" "Dec-Feb 2014","22.69747151","24.12715863" "Jan-Mar 2014","22.56075698","18.38637724" "Feb-Apr 2014","25.6482455","18.60311341" "Mar-May 2014","24.04262202","13.8472671" "Apr-Jun 2014","23.65278471","16.25378301" "May-Jul 2014","21.33187768","17.82922648" "Jun-Aug 2014","22.0034322","23.60450105" "Jul-Sep 2014","21.8062541","23.19468977" "Aug-Oct 2014","21.34566578","26.87382756" "Sep-Nov 2014","20.78765158","21.58353456" "Oct-Dec 2014","23.57332867","22.3537454" "Nov-Jan 2015","27.73026797","19.34176161" "Dec-Feb 2015","25.04544778","17.25973319" "Jan-Mar 2015","24.57580693","17.35050148" "Feb-Apr 2015","22.04705564","18.47916008" "Mar-May 2015","23.23845477","18.95803395" "Apr-Jun 2015","23.9874833","14.4007858" "May-Jul 2015","23.82513141","14.60704477" "Jun-Aug 2015","27.72734084","16.85974081" "Jul-Sep 2015","23.02237901","15.9339213" "Aug-Oct 2015","21.33127313","15.26371259" "Sep-Nov 2015","17.99723334","14.42477541" "Oct-Dec 2015","20.10225319","14.04969618" "Nov-Jan 2016","19.19777078","10.87479094" "Dec-Feb 2016","16.16280919","12.63439381" "Jan-Mar 2016","14.69751267","12.23461784" "Feb-Apr 2016","13.44241833","15.60498711" "Mar-May 2016","15.0095465","13.34063354" "Apr-Jun 2016","15.51396875","18.63617342" "May-Jul 2016","14.46899579","16.45971398" "Jun-Aug 2016","16.40611728","18.41341422" "Jul-Sep 2016","17.43584893","13.4893572" "Aug-Oct 2016","17.31517478","15.02221631" "Sep-Nov 2016","17.57336444","14.39595759" "Oct-Dec 2016","19.88026485","15.42426589" "Nov-Jan 2017","20.59253697","15.8663985" "Dec-Feb 2017","21.09738269","17.91457164" "Jan-Mar 2017","19.8588928","17.90180475" "Feb-Apr 2017","18.19562549","17.66004056" "Mar-May 2017","17.04160179","16.5794107" "Apr-Jun 2017","13.57765296","15.48242164" "May-Jul 2017","16.49061581","15.93609507" "Jun-Aug 2017","18.95298905","14.15012908" "Jul-Sep 2017","20.8438342","17.06124394" "Aug-Oct 2017","22.39347487","17.78184252" "Sep-Nov 2017","20.83268054","15.80632409" "Oct-Dec 2017","21.8695341","16.46952907" "Nov-Jan 2018","21.45416393","14.06801222" "Dec-Feb 2018","20.77529954","16.95110786" "Jan-Mar 2018","17.72508154","15.14893588" "Feb-Apr 2018","15.53612969","14.47905263"