Meanwhile the rate of employment has fallen for older adults with no dependent children living at home, with increasing numbers taking early retirement – a group more shielded by poverty and entering retirement with greater financial security.
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In particular we see substantial increases in poverty among the part-time workers, both in employment and self-employed.
While for some, part-time work means flexibility and convenience, for others it means insufficient hours and insecurity – which seems increasingly prevalent.
4.9 million working-age adults were in workless households, and of these 2.6 million were in poverty (54%).
Of these, 1.5 million were in a family where someone had a disability, and 900k reported permanent sickness / disability as primary reason for now working.
In-work poverty is particularly prevalent for those working in hospitality roles (accommodation and food services 23%), administrative and support service activities (21%), and in agriculture, forestry and fishing (21%) – where over a fifth of workers are in poverty.
Rates of in-work poverty vary substantially by ethnicity; over 40% of Bangladeshi workers and over a third of Pakistani workers are in poverty, substantially higher than the 12% of all workers who are in poverty.
Partly it’s about household working status (more likely to be single earner households), employment type (more likely to be self-employed), sectors worked in and rates of pay (lower average earnings), plus geography and housing (more likely to be renting in costlier areas).
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While for some, part-time work means flexibility and convenience, for others it means insufficient hours and insecurity – which seems increasingly prevalent.
-Anyone in work: 15%
-All working: 9%
-One working, one or more not working: 29%
-None working: 54%
BUT 2/3rds of working-age adults in poverty (68%) are in working households.
Of these, 1.5 million were in a family where someone had a disability, and 900k reported permanent sickness / disability as primary reason for now working.
The reasons for this are complex..