Table 1 Descriptive data
From: Role of age and health in perceptions of returning to work: a qualitative study
Category | (n = 26) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 14 |
Male | 12 | |
Age | 50–54 | 13 |
55–59 | 7 | |
60–64 | 6 | |
Benefit type | Job Seekers Allowance | 10 |
Employment Support Allowance | 14 | |
Universal Credit | 2 | |
Health condition | No | 1 |
Yes- mental health | 7 | |
Yes- physical health | 8 | |
Yes- both physical and mental health | 10 | |
Last occupation (based on standard occupational classification) | No employment history | 1 |
Elementary occupations | 6 | |
Process/plant/machine operatives | 3 | |
Sales and Service occupations | 1 | |
Caring and leisure | 5 | |
Skilled trades | 2 | |
Administration/secretarial | 1 | |
Associate professional and technical | 4 | |
Professional occupations | 3 | |
Senior officials | 0 | |
Educational attainment | No qualifications | 6 |
Standard grade/o-level/leaving cert | 4 | |
A-levels/Highers | 1 | |
Vocational qualifications (inc. city and guilds) | 3 | |
College level qualification | 6 | |
University degree | 6 | |
Length of unemployment | < 12 months | 5 |
1–2 years | 0 | |
2–5 years | 15 | |
> 5 years | 6 |