"Figure 2: Following increases over the first year of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the inactivity rates for both men and women have decreased over the latest three-month period","" "UK economic status rates by sex, seasonally adjusted, cumulative change from December 2019 to February 2020, for each period up to March to May 2022","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "Period","Unemployed men","Employed men","Inactive men","Unemployed women","Employed women","Inactive women" "Dec to Feb 2020","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000" "Jan to Mar 2020","0.005","-0.268","0.257","0.084","-0.204","0.134" "Feb to Apr 2020","0.052","-0.620","0.566","0.134","-0.533","0.430" "Mar to May 2020","0.047","-0.747","0.718","0.278","-0.634","0.417" "Apr to Jun 2020","0.050","-0.888","0.842","0.269","-0.817","0.621" "May to July 2020","0.346","-1.132","0.840","0.412","-0.847","0.549" "Jun to Aug 2020","0.721","-1.635","1.015","0.453","-0.896","0.574" "Jul to Sep 2020","1.072","-2.250","1.377","0.750","-1.032","0.469" "Aug to Oct 2020","1.159","-2.435","1.473","1.031","-1.007","0.216" "Sep to Nov 2020","1.220","-2.336","1.348","1.113","-1.068","0.215" "Oct to Dec 2020","1.218","-2.669","1.676","1.317","-1.309","0.307" "Nov to Jan 2021","1.148","-2.716","1.805","1.224","-1.297","0.368" "Dec to Feb 2021","1.086","-2.744","1.890","1.123","-1.009","0.156" "Jan to Mar 2021","0.957","-2.736","1.992","1.018","-1.062","0.298" "Feb to Apr 2021","0.871","-2.794","2.135","1.003","-0.957","0.210" "Mar to May 2021","0.753","-2.547","1.964","1.067","-1.085","0.323" "Apr to Jun 2021","0.692","-2.357","1.821","0.834","-0.737","0.140" "May to July 2021","0.544","-2.149","1.721","0.708","-0.700","0.200" "Jun to Aug 2021","0.418","-2.027","1.729","0.556","-0.623","0.203" "Jul to Sep 2021","0.174","-1.823","1.739","0.447","-0.637","0.312" "Aug to Oct 2021","0.098","-1.715","1.709","0.365","-0.647","0.387" "Sep to Nov 2021","0.024","-1.713","1.760","0.210","-0.584","0.448" "Oct to Dec 2021","-0.040","-1.707","1.812","0.222","-0.487","0.332" "Nov to Jan 2022","-0.023","-1.750","1.828","0.056","-0.519","0.511" "Dec to Feb 2022","-0.188","-1.656","1.865","-0.063","-0.546","0.634" "Jan to Mar 2022","-0.301","-1.462","1.752","-0.186","-0.417","0.597" "Feb to Apr 2022","-0.295","-1.459","1.731","0.033","-0.375","0.381" "Mar to May 2022","-0.304","-1.243","1.517","-0.077","-0.157","0.241"