NEET and NET estimates from the LFS
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Not in employment, education and training and Not in education and training estimates for England and the English regions for ages 16-24.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Destination of pupils and students
- Publication
- NEET age 16 to 24
- Release
- Calendar year 2020
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 4,234
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Annual change in NEET rate
- Annual change in NET rate
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET inactive and does not want a job
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET inactive and want a job
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET unemployed for less than 6 months
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET unemployed for more than 6 months
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as long-term or temporary sick
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as looking after family/home
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as other
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number NET
- Confidence interval (95%) for the number of NEET
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET inactive and does not want a job
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET inactive and want a job
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET unemployed for less than 6 months
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET unemployed for more than 6 months
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET with reason inactive as long-term or temporary sick
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET with reason inactive as looking after family/home
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NET
- Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage of NEET with reason inactive as other
- Employment rate of the NET group
- Lower bound number ILO unemployed less 6 months
- Lower bound number ILO unemployed more 6 months
- Lower bound number NEET
- Lower bound number NET
- Lower bound number inactive does not want a job
- Lower bound number inactive wants a job
- Lower bound number reason inactive long-term or temporary sick
- Lower bound number reason inactive looking after family or home
- Lower bound number reason inactive other
- Lower bound percent ILO unemployed less 6 months
- Lower bound percent ILO unemployed more 6 months
- Lower bound percent NEET
- Lower bound percent NET
- Lower bound percent inactive does not want a job
- Lower bound percent inactive wants a job
- Lower bound percent reason inactive long-term temporary sick
- Lower bound percent reason inactive looking after family or home
- Lower bound percent reason inactive other
- Number NEET
- Number NEET where reason for inactivity was long-term or temporarily sick
- Number NEET where reason for inactivity was looking after family/home
- Number NEET where reason for inactivity was other
- Number NEET who are ILO unemployed for less than 6 months
- Number NEET who are ILO unemployed for more than 6 months
- Number NEET who were inactive and does not want a job
- Number NEET who were inactive and want a job
- Number NET
- Percentage of NEET ILO unemployed for less than 6 months
- Percentage of NEET ILO unemployed for more than 6 months
- Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was long-term or temporarily sick
- Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was looking after family/home
- Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was other
- Percentage of NEET who were inactive and does not want a job
- Percentage of NEET who were inactive and want a job
- Percentage of population NEET
- Percentage of population NET
- Population (ONS estimate)
- Upper bound number ILO unemployed less 6 months
- Upper bound number ILO unemployed more 6 months
- Upper bound number NEET
- Upper bound number NET
- Upper bound number inactive does not want a job
- Upper bound number inactive wants a job
- Upper bound number reason inactive long-term or temporary sick
- Upper bound number reason inactive looking after family or home
- Upper bound number reason inactive other
- Upper bound percent ILO unemployed less 6 months
- Upper bound percent ILO unemployed more 6 months
- Upper bound percent NEET
- Upper bound percent NET
- Upper bound percent inactive does not want a job
- Upper bound percent inactive wants a job
- Upper bound percent reason inactive long-term temporary sick
- Upper bound percent reason inactive looking after family or home
- Upper bound percent reason inactive other
- Filters
- Age
- Gender
- Quarter
- Time period
- 2000 to 2020
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| time_period | time_identifier | quarter | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | gender | age | population | number_NEET | conf_interval_plus_minus_NEET | lower_bound_number_NEET | upper_bound_number_NEET | percent_NEET | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_NEET | lower_bound_percent_NEET | upper_bound_percent_NEET | percent_annual_change_NEET | number_NET | conf_interval_plus_minus_NET | lower_bound_number_NET | upper_bound_number_NET | percent_NET | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_NET | lower_bound_percent_NET | upper_bound_percent_NET | percent_annual_change_NET | employment_rate_NET | number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | lower_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | upper_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | lower_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | upper_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | number_inactive_wants_a_job | conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_wants_a_job | lower_bound_number_inactive_wants_a_job | upper_bound_number_inactive_wants_a_job | number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | lower_bound_number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | upper_bound_number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | number_reason_inactive_other | conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_other | lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_other | upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_other | percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | lower_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | upper_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | lower_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | upper_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | percent_inactive_wants_a_job | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_wants_a_job | lower_bound_percent_inactive_wants_a_job | upper_bound_percent_inactive_wants_a_job | percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | lower_bound_percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | upper_bound_percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | percent_reason_inactive_other | percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_other | lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_other | upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_other |
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| 2020 | Calendar year | Q4 | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 16 | 621734 | 23806.73717 | 9068.163988 | 14738.57319 | 32874.90116 | 3.829087226 | 1.458527922 | 2.370559304 | 5.287615148 | -0.492650043 | 29149.73717 | 9989.35914 | 19160.37803 | 39139.09631 | 4.688457954 | 1.606693399 | 3.081764554 | 6.295151353 | -0.293964235 | 18.32949631 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | ||
| 2020 | Calendar year | Q4 | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 17 | 599162 | 11784 | 6618.612129 | 5165.387871 | 18402.61213 | 1.96674689 | 1.104644842 | 0.862102048 | 3.071391732 | -2.770690547 | 21534 | 8872.544756 | 12661.45524 | 30406.54476 | 3.594019647 | 1.480825679 | 2.113193968 | 5.074845327 | -4.550593615 | 45.277236 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | ||
| 2020 | Calendar year | Q4 | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 18 | 586574 | 73998 | 16016.62577 | 57981.37423 | 90014.62577 | 12.6152881 | 2.730537966 | 9.884750131 | 15.34582606 | -0.534412738 | 159878.7443 | 21480.09386 | 138398.6504 | 181358.8381 | 27.25636395 | 3.661958059 | 23.59440589 | 30.91832201 | -4.613926013 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | ||
| 2020 | Calendar year | Q4 | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 19 | 583084 | 71100 | 17747.10755 | 53352.89245 | 88847.10755 | 12.1937834 | 3.043662242 | 9.150121158 | 15.23744564 | 1.703886093 | 203336.3967 | 25847.56694 | 177488.8298 | 229183.9636 | 34.87257354 | 4.432906226 | 30.43966731 | 39.30547976 | -1.374834861 | 65.03331368 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | ||
| 2020 | Calendar year | Q4 | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 20 | 627397 | 57276 | 16770.98233 | 40505.01767 | 74046.98233 | 9.129147892 | 2.673105279 | 6.456042613 | 11.80225317 | -2.123458876 | 237412 | 28239.95022 | 209172.0498 | 265651.9502 | 37.84079299 | 4.501129304 | 33.33966369 | 42.34192229 | -5.16837195 | 75.87485047 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age - Filter by age |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET unemployed for less than 6 months |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET unemployed for more than 6 months |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET inactive and does not want a job |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_wants_a_job | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET inactive and want a job |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_NEET | Confidence interval (95%) for the number of NEET |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_NET | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NET |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as long-term or temporary sick |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as looking after family/home |
| conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_other | Confidence interval (95%) for the number NEET with reason inactive as other |
| employment_rate_NET | Employment rate of the NET group |
| gender | Gender - Filter by gender |
| lower_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Lower bound number ILO unemployed less 6 months |
| lower_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Lower bound number ILO unemployed more 6 months |
| lower_bound_number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Lower bound number inactive does not want a job |
| lower_bound_number_inactive_wants_a_job | Lower bound number inactive wants a job |
| lower_bound_number_NEET | Lower bound number NEET |
| lower_bound_number_NET | Lower bound number NET |
| lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | Lower bound number reason inactive long-term or temporary sick |
| lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Lower bound number reason inactive looking after family or home |
| lower_bound_number_reason_inactive_other | Lower bound number reason inactive other |
| lower_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Lower bound percent ILO unemployed less 6 months |
| lower_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Lower bound percent ILO unemployed more 6 months |
| lower_bound_percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Lower bound percent inactive does not want a job |
| lower_bound_percent_inactive_wants_a_job | Lower bound percent inactive wants a job |
| lower_bound_percent_NEET | Lower bound percent NEET |
| lower_bound_percent_NET | Lower bound percent NET |
| lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | Lower bound percent reason inactive long-term temporary sick |
| lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Lower bound percent reason inactive looking after family or home |
| lower_bound_percent_reason_inactive_other | Lower bound percent reason inactive other |
| number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Number NEET who are ILO unemployed for less than 6 months |
| number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Number NEET who are ILO unemployed for more than 6 months |
| number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Number NEET who were inactive and does not want a job |
| number_inactive_wants_a_job | Number NEET who were inactive and want a job |
| number_NEET | Number NEET |
| number_NET | Number NET |
| number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | Number NEET where reason for inactivity was long-term or temporarily sick |
| number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Number NEET where reason for inactivity was looking after family/home |
| number_reason_inactive_other | Number NEET where reason for inactivity was other |
| percent_annual_change_NEET | Annual change in NEET rate |
| percent_annual_change_NET | Annual change in NET rate |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET unemployed for less than 6 months |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET unemployed for more than 6 months |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET inactive and does not want a job |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_inactive_wants_a_job | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET inactive and want a job |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_NEET | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_NET | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NET |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET with reason inactive as long-term or temporary sick |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage NEET with reason inactive as looking after family/home |
| percent_conf_interval_plus_minus_reason_inactive_other | Confidence interval (95%) for the percentage of NEET with reason inactive as other |
| percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Percentage of NEET ILO unemployed for less than 6 months |
| percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Percentage of NEET ILO unemployed for more than 6 months |
| percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Percentage of NEET who were inactive and does not want a job |
| percent_inactive_wants_a_job | Percentage of NEET who were inactive and want a job |
| percent_NEET | Percentage of population NEET |
| percent_NET | Percentage of population NET |
| percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was long-term or temporarily sick |
| percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was looking after family/home |
| percent_reason_inactive_other | Percentage of NEET where reason for inactivity was other |
| population | Population (ONS estimate) |
| quarter | Quarter - Filter by the quarter of the year |
| upper_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Upper bound number ILO unemployed less 6 months |
| upper_bound_number_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Upper bound number ILO unemployed more 6 months |
| upper_bound_number_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Upper bound number inactive does not want a job |
| upper_bound_number_inactive_wants_a_job | Upper bound number inactive wants a job |
| upper_bound_number_NEET | Upper bound number NEET |
| upper_bound_number_NET | Upper bound number NET |
| upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_long-term_or_temporary_sick | Upper bound number reason inactive long-term or temporary sick |
| upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Upper bound number reason inactive looking after family or home |
| upper_bound_number_reason_inactive_other | Upper bound number reason inactive other |
| upper_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_less_6months | Upper bound percent ILO unemployed less 6 months |
| upper_bound_percent_ILO_unemployed_more_6months | Upper bound percent ILO unemployed more 6 months |
| upper_bound_percent_inactive_does_not_want_a_job | Upper bound percent inactive does not want a job |
| upper_bound_percent_inactive_wants_a_job | Upper bound percent inactive wants a job |
| upper_bound_percent_NEET | Upper bound percent NEET |
| upper_bound_percent_NET | Upper bound percent NET |
| upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_long-term_temporary_sick | Upper bound percent reason inactive long-term temporary sick |
| upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_looking_after_family_or_home | Upper bound percent reason inactive looking after family or home |
| upper_bound_percent_reason_inactive_other | Upper bound percent reason inactive other |
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