article_snippet: The report said the number of adult women who are ‘economically inactive’ – in other words adult women who are ‘economically inactive’ – in other words they neither work nor want to work – neither work nor want to work – has dropped fast since 1980.
article_snippet: The report said the number of adult women who are ‘economically inactive’ – in other words they neither work nor want to work – adult women who are ‘economically inactive’ – in other words they neither work nor want to work – has dropped fast since 1980 .
article_snippet: The report said: ‘There are many reasons for economic inactivity, such as study, looking after the family or home, sickness or disability, or not needing to work.
article_snippet: However the main reason for the decline in female inactivity rates over the longer period has been a decline in the share of women staying out of work to look after the family or home.
article_snippet: The report said the proportion of women aged between 16 and 64 who are economically inactive because they are looking after the family or the home was 15.9 per cent in the spring of 1993, but fell by last autumn to 10.1 per cent.