"Figure 2: There has been a large decrease in the number of young people (those aged 16 to 24 years) in employment over the last year","" "UK employment level by age (16 years and over), seasonally adjusted, cumulative growth from August to October 2019, for each period up to August to October 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Period","16-24 ","25-34","35-49","50-64","65+ " "Aug-Oct 2019","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000" "Sep-Nov 2019","5.813","19.853","13.890","44.868","15.126" "Oct-Dec 2019","31.152","22.275","28.817","61.964","-12.012" "Nov-Jan 2020","61.447","23.324","3.304","56.310","39.219" "Dec-Feb 2020","65.231","47.482","18.328","63.159","77.435" "Jan-Mar 2020","33.553","39.565","-18.318","53.531","95.625" "Feb-Apr 2020","-4.024","6.378","-52.700","34.030","54.961" "Mar-May 2020","-2.088","5.268","-61.944","2.651","-1.712" "Apr-Jun 2020","-66.480","13.184","-53.198","29.236","-53.345" "May-Jul 2020","-154.127","59.726","-47.315","44.947","-39.213" "Jun-Aug 2020","-222.260","34.974","-42.217","44.805","-26.110" "Jul-Sep 2020","-240.589","17.459","-74.243","-9.859","12.513" "Aug-Oct 2020","-244.428","3.866","-46.327","-23.119","30.347"