• The UK employment rate of working-age men fell from 92 per cent in Q2 1971 to 79 per cent in Q2 2007, while the rate for working-age women rose from 56 per cent to 70 per cent. (Figure 4.4) Latest information on employment
• Employment rates for disabled working-age people in the UK increased from 46 per cent in Q2 1999 to 50 per cent in Q2 2007. (Page 49)
• More than one-fifth of full-time employees in the UK had some form of flexible working arrangement in Q2 2007. (Table 4.12)
• In 2006 nine in ten employees in Great Britain said they were satisfied with their work, and seven in ten said they were satisfied with their pay. (Table 4.13)
• The number of economically inactive working-age men in the UK increased by 2.4 million to 3.2 million between Q2 1971 and Q2 2007. For working-age women, the number fell by 1.5 million to 4.8 million. (Page 57)
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