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Nicola Shelton, Emily Murray and Jenny Head, UCL
(Project no. 0410082, previously 401008)
Employment rates of men and women aged 50 and over have been rising since the mid-1990s and into the 21st century.
Encouraging even higher employment rates among the over 50s will depend on incentivising and removing the barriers to participation.
LS data will be used as part of a wider project:
To study people aged 40 or over at one census who are in work or retired ten years later.
To examine area level employment/occupational profiles and the likelihood of extended working, considering current area of residence and residential history
In both cases the aim is to identify predictors of extended working life and the circumstances in which it is found.
Previous bivariate analysis using the ONS LS (ONS, 2010) showed a range of factors affecting labour withdrawal: Region, Age, Ethnicity, Marital status, Highest qualification held, Socio-economic classification, Labour market status at start of period, Health status (self-reported), Housing tenure, Dependent child in Household, People with long term illness in Household, Economic activity status of partner/spouse.
The wider research will explore how important is region. Previous analysis included two regions: South, East & Midlands (reference) compared with North of England & Wales. It was significant in the multivariate logistic regression models even after adjustment for individual characteristics.
Potential geographies to explore include Residential geography, Travel to work distance, Occupational geography, Occupational history, and 1939 geography.
The beta test focus will be area effects in 2001 and 2011 and working over the age of 50 in 2011.