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<p>Table 1 provides an estimate of the proportion of working age people who are in
employment, who are unemployed and who are economically inactive who:</p><p>a) Report
they have a difficulty in hearing (either as their main long term health condition
or alongside a different main long term health condition)</p><p>b) Report that their
difficulty in hearing is their main long term health condition.</p><p> </p><p>Data
has been provided for calendar years of 2012 and from 2014 to 2016 in the table below.
A change in how the Annual Population Survey captures information on long term health
conditions was made in April-June 2013. This change led to a break in the series and
therefore data is not available for the entirety of the 2013 calendar year and has
therefore not been provided. Data for 2012 is not comparable with data from 2014 onwards.</p><p>
</p><p>Please also note the full list of caveats below the table for further methodological
information on how this data was calculated and how these figures should be interpreted
appropriately.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 – The proportion of working age people
in employment, who are unemployed and who are economically inactive for people who
have a difficulty in hearing</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>People with a difficulty in hearing as either their main long term
health condition or alongside a different main long term health condition</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>People whose main long term health condition is a difficulty in hearing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Employed (%)</p></td><td><p>Unemployed (%)</p></td><td><p>Economically
Inactive (%)</p></td><td><p>Employed (%)</p></td><td><p>Unemployed (%)</p></td><td><p>Economically
Inactive (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>46.4</p></td><td><p>66.2</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td
colspan="6"><p>Data not available due to a change in how the Annual Population Survey
captures information on health conditions. Data for 2014 onwards should not be compared
with data before 2013.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>46.6</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>48.6</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td><td><p>69.4</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>49.0</p></td><td><p>70.0</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Annual Population Survey, January to December, 2012, and 2014 to 2016</p><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are for the working age population, comprised of
people aged 16 to 64.</li><li>For 2014 to 2016 the table contains estimates of people
with a difficulty in hearing who self-reported they have a physical or mental health
condition or illness lasting or expected to last for at least 12 months. For 2012
the table contains estimates of people with a difficulty in hearing who self-report
that they have health problems or disabilities that they expect will last for more
than a year.</li><li>The break in the series occurred in 2013 as a result of the Office
for National Statistics’ Annual Population Survey (APS) adopting a new standardised
question on individuals with health problems. The question was changed from: "Do
you have any health problems or disabilities that you expect will last for more than
a year?" to the standardised version: "Do you have any physical or mental
health conditions or illnesses lasting or expecting to last 12 months or more?".</li><li>The
Annual Population Survey asks people if they experience any health conditions from
a list and respondents are able to select multiple health conditions. If an individual
responds with ‘difficulty in hearing’ they will be included in the people with a difficulty
in hearing (either as their main long term health condition or alongside a different
main long term health condition). Respondents are also asked: “Which of these is your
main health problem/disability?” If an individual answers a ‘difficulty in hearing’
then only these individuals are included in the people whose main long term health
condition is a difficulty in hearing group.</li><li>Difficulty in hearing is considered
without the use of a hearing aid.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation.</li><li>Estimates
are based on small sample sizes and are therefore subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Due to these small sample sizes, some of the differences between years may not be
statistically significant. Therefore, these estimates and differences between them
should be treated with caution.</li></ol>
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