For example,
they are less likely to be in full-time employment than
younger workers (42% compared with 68%), more likely
to be self-employed (18% compared with 14%), and three
timesmorelikelytoreportill-healthordisability[13].They
are also more likely to work in education, manufacturing
and agriculture than younger men, and more likely to be
in elementary, process and machine operative and skilled
trade occupations. Men have been hardest hit by a decline
in the demand for low-skilled workers in manufacturing of
11% between 1985 and 2005, and one in five older male
workers leave the labour market for sickness or disability
reasons[14],withnearly10%ofolderpeopleeconomically
inactive rather than unemployed
For example,they are less likely to be in full-time employment thanyounger workers (42% compared with 68%), more likelyto be self-employed (18% compared with 14%), and threetimesmorelikelytoreportill-healthordisability[13].Theyare also more likely to work in education, manufacturingand agriculture than younger men, and more likely to bein elementary, process and machine operative and skilledtrade occupations. Men have been hardest hit by a declinein the demand for low-skilled workers in manufacturing of11% between 1985 and 2005, and one in five older maleworkers leave the labour market for sickness or disabilityreasons[14],withnearly10%ofolderpeopleeconomicallyinactive rather than unemployed
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