Economically Active Population Survey National results Unemployed population who have previously worked by reason for leaving last job, sex and age group. Percentages with regards the total in each reason Units: % Total From 16 to 24 years From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) From 35 to 44 years From 45 to 54 years 55 and more years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Both sexes Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 11.3 9.8 9.5 9.1 8.8 8.7 9.3 10.6 11.6 13.2 14.4 16.8 18.6 18.5 19.1 24.7 22.9 23.1 23.1 24.1 25.1 26.5 27.9 29.4 30.1 31.3 31.6 31.2 30.7 32.8 24.7 24.9 25.9 26.7 27.6 27.9 28.5 28.3 28.1 27.8 27.4 26.6 25.7 25.2 24.9 23.8 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.3 25.1 23.9 22.7 21.5 20.1 18.5 17.3 16.8 17.4 15.7 15.6 16.7 15.9 15.2 14.2 13.1 11.8 10.4 9.5 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.6 8.2 7.5 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 9.7 7.2 8.0 6.5 6.6 5.1 5.7 7.0 5.6 8.5 10.7 13.1 12.8 14.2 14.8 26.9 19.0 20.1 23.0 23.0 20.8 23.3 26.4 27.5 30.1 30.4 32.0 29.9 30.0 28.9 26.9 27.2 31.9 28.3 29.7 36.6 31.6 31.6 32.4 30.7 31.9 29.7 27.4 23.8 26.6 21.4 29.2 25.1 26.5 26.3 23.7 26.4 23.4 23.4 22.1 18.6 18.0 19.7 22.4 18.7 15.0 17.4 15.0 15.7 14.4 13.8 13.0 11.7 11.1 8.6 8.3 7.2 10.1 9.6 10.9 End of contract 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 14.4 13.4 12.8 13.2 12.6 12.5 13.4 14.3 15.8 16.8 16.5 20.2 21.2 22.5 22.1 28.0 27.3 27.7 26.9 28.9 29.4 30.5 30.4 33.1 32.3 34.1 33.6 33.4 33.9 36.0 23.6 24.0 25.9 27.1 27.0 27.7 27.9 28.2 26.1 26.8 26.3 24.6 25.3 23.6 24.9 22.3 22.3 22.0 22.5 22.4 22.8 20.0 20.4 18.9 17.8 16.3 15.7 14.6 14.0 12.6 11.7 13.1 11.6 10.3 9.1 7.5 8.2 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.9 5.5 6.1 4.4 Sickness or incapacity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 7.8 9.0 4.2 5.7 4.9 7.5 8.7 7.2 3.7 9.3 14.0 6.0 13.6 2.8 15.7 12.7 19.2 22.7 21.2 28.0 31.8 25.1 29.6 32.0 18.4 37.2 30.8 36.0 20.2 28.5 45.9 27.8 29.2 29.3 36.9 14.7 28.2 37.3 37.8 33.7 20.0 31.8 27.0 44.3 27.5 16.7 27.9 26.5 30.2 15.4 26.3 28.2 14.7 19.8 16.7 23.3 22.4 21.7 23.7 17.9 16.9 16.1 17.5 13.6 14.8 19.7 9.8 11.3 6.8 21.9 5.5 9.0 1.8 9.0 10.5 Following educational or training courses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 68.7 54.4 66.9 71.3 72.3 66.2 66.4 65.4 65.1 52.2 55.6 69.3 62.5 70.5 57.8 22.4 30.9 17.6 14.8 9.6 22.6 25.7 31.3 25.1 39.8 39.0 27.5 35.0 22.9 39.7 8.1 13.7 10.8 12.7 4.6 4.5 8.0 3.3 5.4 6.0 2.3 1.4 1.9 5.7 2.5 0.7 .. 4.8 1.3 11.3 5.0 .. .. 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 .. .. 1.0 .. .. 2.2 1.6 .. .. 0.9 .. 2.1 0.8 .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8.1 .. 2.2 8.5 3.6 7.0 .. 2.7 14.0 10.7 7.9 3.6 22.7 5.6 8.2 5.0 16.9 27.5 5.1 25.1 26.7 34.0 45.6 27.1 31.0 54.7 46.4 39.5 62.8 40.4 64.1 59.1 48.8 78.5 41.4 50.3 41.9 35.6 34.2 41.6 18.2 36.0 24.1 17.4 33.7 19.4 10.9 18.9 7.8 28.2 4.8 21.0 15.7 18.4 15.7 14.7 10.2 10.9 12.6 17.7 3.4 13.0 2.6 .. 1.6 11.2 3.1 0.4 6.3 0.9 4.5 3.7 2.8 1.6 .. Other family or personal obligations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. 29.1 13.4 3.8 7.8 3.7 1.5 2.7 13.7 7.0 8.6 8.4 8.0 42.4 24.5 32.0 46.2 20.4 49.4 42.8 37.5 32.2 59.0 42.1 38.6 50.9 36.9 40.0 40.3 37.1 29.3 11.7 50.8 28.2 22.0 49.4 41.8 34.1 32.7 31.6 33.8 32.1 30.7 9.7 9.9 26.7 7.0 15.4 13.1 16.9 9.5 12.8 2.0 11.5 11.7 5.5 8.2 19.0 7.5 28.5 12.0 6.1 .. 5.4 10.5 .. 11.6 2.2 .. 11.2 1.2 14.3 2.3 Retirement (normal or early) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.2 8.7 6.9 15.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.7 29.6 52.7 .. 13.9 8.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.9 22.9 17.7 48.7 63.9 51.0 35.2 71.5 68.5 87.4 79.4 47.2 58.5 71.0 60.1 47.4 19.6 8.4 35.7 2.5 22.5 64.8 28.5 31.5 12.6 20.6 52.8 41.5 29.0 39.9 32.8 19.2 14.3 .. 19.7 17.8 Other reasons 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 11.7 9.0 13.2 10.0 11.3 12.5 8.6 8.5 9.7 11.8 17.4 15.8 22.2 19.1 23.5 28.2 28.5 31.3 26.2 22.0 24.9 31.8 27.8 31.4 30.6 26.1 28.2 34.2 33.4 37.1 30.8 31.6 27.7 32.9 31.6 27.1 28.0 28.1 28.5 29.3 27.8 28.0 21.5 25.8 23.7 19.7 19.4 17.1 20.1 24.0 21.5 23.3 25.1 21.4 19.3 22.4 18.8 14.8 17.2 13.3 9.6 11.5 10.6 10.7 11.1 14.1 8.3 10.5 9.0 9.1 6.3 9.2 7.4 4.5 2.3 Does not know the reason 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 31.5 7.7 22.4 24.1 34.6 3.7 3.0 8.6 13.4 21.8 21.9 42.8 34.0 21.7 1.6 6.4 41.8 23.1 35.9 18.7 55.4 85.0 38.6 36.1 40.7 25.0 21.2 56.5 30.8 62.9 32.8 41.2 14.1 12.9 8.2 13.7 7.4 24.2 25.4 37.4 10.6 12.7 7.0 33.3 23.7 29.4 9.2 40.4 23.0 35.8 6.2 3.3 17.1 19.0 .. 37.7 23.2 2.5 6.9 7.8 .. .. .. 4.1 2.9 21.1 1.3 11.5 6.1 .. 4.8 .. .. 7.4 4.0 They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.5 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.8 3.9 5.7 6.4 7.2 7.8 4.2 3.4 3.7 5.3 13.3 12.9 12.9 15.7 17.3 19.8 20.0 23.6 21.3 22.9 20.6 20.3 15.5 17.8 18.6 21.9 23.4 22.8 24.3 27.2 25.8 28.2 25.8 28.4 26.9 26.4 30.3 33.7 31.4 27.0 33.5 35.2 36.1 33.3 30.2 30.6 29.6 27.3 26.9 26.5 27.2 25.8 29.2 28.5 27.6 29.9 27.0 27.2 25.8 23.9 21.1 18.2 17.5 17.0 16.6 18.0 19.4 18.2 18.6 21.4 Males Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 13.6 10.8 12.0 10.6 9.4 9.3 10.1 11.1 11.6 13.9 14.9 17.7 20.4 19.6 20.1 25.0 23.8 22.4 23.5 24.1 25.1 25.9 27.8 30.1 29.9 31.0 31.7 31.2 30.2 32.0 22.6 22.9 23.9 24.2 26.1 26.4 27.1 27.1 26.9 26.7 26.3 25.8 23.5 23.5 23.2 22.6 24.4 24.8 25.0 24.6 24.7 23.8 22.6 21.3 19.7 18.2 16.7 16.7 16.7 14.6 16.3 18.0 17.0 16.8 15.8 14.5 13.0 11.4 10.2 9.7 9.6 8.2 8.2 10.0 10.0 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 10.5 7.5 10.3 8.6 5.9 5.2 4.9 6.4 5.5 8.3 10.9 14.3 11.4 11.2 14.0 25.1 19.0 17.8 22.1 25.3 19.3 22.0 25.3 27.8 28.3 29.3 32.2 31.5 26.2 30.0 23.9 21.3 30.0 22.9 25.0 33.6 29.9 30.4 29.0 29.4 30.6 27.7 26.7 25.5 27.2 22.4 33.0 23.7 27.7 26.8 24.2 27.0 24.1 25.3 22.5 19.0 18.0 18.4 25.2 14.1 18.1 19.3 18.3 18.8 17.0 17.7 16.1 13.8 12.4 11.5 10.2 7.7 12.0 12.0 14.7 End of contract 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 16.9 15.0 15.7 14.4 13.4 12.6 14.1 14.6 14.7 17.5 17.0 20.7 23.4 22.2 21.9 29.1 27.5 26.8 27.2 27.5 28.9 29.2 29.1 33.1 32.0 33.2 32.7 32.0 33.8 35.1 20.8 23.2 24.0 24.3 27.1 27.6 27.4 28.4 25.9 26.7 25.2 25.3 24.0 22.9 24.3 21.8 20.3 20.6 23.1 21.8 22.8 20.6 20.6 19.3 17.1 16.3 15.0 14.8 13.3 13.4 11.4 14.0 12.8 11.0 10.2 8.1 8.7 7.3 7.0 6.7 8.3 6.3 5.8 7.8 5.3 Sickness or incapacity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 11.3 5.2 2.8 6.7 5.0 8.3 12.9 1.3 5.0 9.8 8.4 7.3 15.8 5.4 14.6 13.2 21.1 16.1 24.3 25.7 27.3 21.5 37.2 33.8 20.6 39.3 26.3 22.1 18.1 24.0 43.2 26.9 38.8 30.7 39.8 15.7 30.5 37.1 36.8 31.2 16.0 23.6 37.5 39.4 20.2 15.3 33.1 29.9 22.5 15.0 35.0 25.6 14.7 17.3 16.8 29.5 27.5 22.9 24.9 24.0 16.8 13.6 12.4 15.8 14.4 13.7 9.5 9.7 7.1 21.6 6.9 15.2 1.6 12.1 17.2 Following educational or training courses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 65.6 48.6 59.1 69.9 73.4 61.9 78.3 57.6 73.8 46.8 53.7 62.9 65.7 77.1 63.1 16.2 47.1 17.9 11.4 9.6 18.8 21.7 36.5 22.5 40.7 39.4 32.5 33.1 19.7 33.9 16.7 4.3 14.5 18.7 3.9 5.2 .. 5.9 .. 12.5 1.3 .. 1.2 3.3 3.0 1.5 .. 8.6 .. 13.1 10.7 .. .. 2.3 .. 1.9 2.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.4 .. .. 1.4 .. 3.8 2.0 .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. 30.1 .. 13.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.0 10.2 34.1 .. 19.5 .. 23.8 .. 11.3 .. 31.3 .. .. .. 47.8 .. 74.2 57.5 100.0 56.8 43.2 27.8 11.2 79.8 14.5 6.8 35.3 62.1 .. .. .. .. 8.4 .. 23.6 10.7 48.5 75.8 8.9 85.5 49.9 24.5 37.9 57.8 52.2 .. 15.6 .. .. .. 16.0 .. .. .. .. 12.0 40.2 .. 42.2 .. Other family or personal obligations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. 53.3 29.4 14.5 36.5 .. .. 19.8 .. 20.4 33.0 .. 7.7 40.5 .. 33.2 37.4 .. 64.9 63.5 39.6 .. 80.2 100.0 48.7 53.9 .. 55.5 .. 39.0 12.7 6.2 20.0 .. .. 60.4 .. .. .. 30.9 13.2 53.0 28.7 59.5 .. 28.6 3.1 50.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.9 .. .. 61.0 25.5 .. .. 20.6 .. .. 100.0 .. .. .. .. 30.1 8.1 Retirement (normal or early) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.0 6.8 5.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.0 37.9 56.0 .. .. 4.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.1 21.2 17.2 70.8 77.7 59.1 32.6 64.6 80.4 83.1 90.0 56.6 56.1 69.6 50.0 28.4 9.2 5.3 29.2 .. 15.9 67.4 35.4 19.6 16.9 10.0 43.4 43.9 30.4 50.0 44.6 25.0 15.9 .. 22.3 20.6 Other reasons 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 15.1 4.1 15.4 8.7 7.9 10.9 8.4 8.7 9.4 8.6 12.2 14.1 16.7 23.0 26.1 24.3 31.8 27.5 22.5 19.9 26.2 29.9 25.6 30.3 28.0 24.7 24.7 37.0 36.1 31.7 33.4 33.8 28.2 34.3 35.4 24.2 28.4 27.3 27.3 30.0 30.9 27.5 18.0 18.9 22.8 18.2 17.6 17.8 22.3 24.7 21.7 24.9 26.6 21.5 23.8 24.3 21.1 18.4 18.0 14.3 9.1 12.6 11.1 12.0 12.1 17.1 8.3 11.8 11.5 9.6 7.9 12.5 9.8 3.9 5.1 Does not know the reason 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 33.6 .. 32.7 10.8 37.8 7.3 .. 8.0 4.2 59.8 30.8 31.5 71.5 18.5 2.5 .. 43.4 18.2 50.7 12.9 32.2 88.7 48.7 34.1 .. 19.7 19.4 6.1 25.9 72.5 35.0 49.2 14.6 .. .. 27.2 9.4 25.7 32.0 40.2 14.9 18.0 16.4 43.3 15.7 31.4 7.3 34.5 38.5 44.4 9.4 .. 14.9 19.6 .. 27.7 31.1 6.0 12.3 9.3 .. .. .. .. 4.9 23.9 1.9 2.8 10.0 .. 6.8 .. .. .. .. They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.9 2.2 0.9 1.1 1.6 3.8 5.5 8.1 9.8 10.9 14.4 5.6 7.6 3.1 5.9 13.1 13.6 12.2 16.0 19.0 20.7 20.8 27.4 24.1 25.2 24.9 27.7 14.8 17.8 17.1 20.8 18.9 18.1 21.9 22.4 22.7 25.0 20.1 26.8 19.8 18.2 21.7 17.7 26.5 18.0 29.0 33.8 38.3 29.3 29.1 28.8 28.0 25.4 22.8 25.1 23.7 20.7 34.2 24.7 24.3 35.1 31.4 30.5 31.6 27.9 24.1 20.7 19.1 16.5 19.0 18.9 24.3 25.7 28.0 34.7 Females Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 9.2 9.0 7.2 7.7 8.2 8.1 8.4 10.0 11.5 12.4 13.8 15.6 16.6 17.6 18.4 24.4 22.1 23.7 22.8 24.1 25.2 27.2 28.1 28.6 30.4 31.5 31.5 31.3 31.1 33.4 26.6 26.7 27.7 29.1 29.0 29.5 30.0 29.7 29.5 29.1 28.8 27.6 28.1 26.6 26.3 24.9 26.8 26.5 26.7 25.9 25.6 24.0 22.8 21.7 20.5 19.0 18.1 17.0 17.9 16.5 14.9 15.5 14.8 13.7 12.7 11.6 10.4 9.3 8.7 7.6 6.8 7.2 6.9 6.7 5.6 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8.9 6.8 5.6 4.1 7.5 5.0 6.7 7.9 5.9 8.9 10.3 10.8 15.3 17.6 15.6 28.8 19.1 22.5 24.1 20.3 22.4 24.8 28.1 26.9 33.1 32.5 31.4 27.3 34.4 27.9 30.0 35.4 33.9 34.4 35.3 39.8 33.4 33.4 37.7 32.8 34.5 33.5 28.6 21.9 26.0 20.5 24.0 26.6 25.2 25.6 23.1 25.7 22.3 20.4 21.4 17.9 17.9 22.0 19.2 23.2 11.9 14.8 11.5 12.3 11.2 9.8 9.4 8.5 9.1 3.8 4.9 6.3 6.9 6.9 7.2 End of contract 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 12.0 11.9 9.6 11.8 11.7 12.4 12.6 13.9 17.2 15.9 16.0 19.5 18.5 22.8 22.3 26.9 27.0 28.7 26.7 30.4 30.0 32.1 32.0 33.2 32.6 35.3 34.8 35.2 33.9 36.8 26.3 24.8 27.9 30.1 26.8 27.9 28.4 28.1 26.3 27.0 27.7 23.6 26.9 24.1 25.3 22.8 24.1 23.5 22.0 23.1 22.8 19.2 20.1 18.4 18.7 16.4 16.8 14.4 14.7 11.9 11.9 12.2 10.3 9.5 8.0 6.8 7.6 5.9 4.9 5.8 4.6 5.4 5.0 4.5 3.6 Sickness or incapacity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 3.6 12.0 5.4 4.3 4.6 6.5 4.5 16.3 2.0 8.6 19.3 4.5 10.8 0.9 16.5 12.0 17.7 28.4 16.4 32.9 38.2 28.8 17.7 29.5 15.9 35.2 35.6 53.3 21.7 31.9 49.1 28.5 20.8 27.2 30.7 13.2 25.8 37.5 39.1 36.6 23.8 40.8 13.7 48.0 33.2 18.4 23.7 23.5 41.9 16.2 14.0 30.9 14.7 23.0 16.6 17.5 16.8 20.1 22.8 13.1 16.9 17.9 21.9 10.1 15.6 28.2 10.0 13.7 6.4 22.3 4.2 2.2 2.1 6.7 5.3 Following educational or training courses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 71.6 58.7 72.0 73.5 71.0 70.1 58.8 75.3 51.0 57.3 57.9 73.4 58.0 64.0 53.3 28.4 18.8 17.3 20.1 9.7 26.1 28.2 24.7 29.4 38.8 38.6 24.2 37.7 26.1 44.5 .. 20.8 8.4 3.1 5.4 3.9 13.0 .. 14.2 .. 3.5 2.4 3.0 8.0 2.2 .. .. 2.3 3.3 9.4 .. .. .. 5.4 3.9 .. .. 1.3 1.8 .. .. 1.7 .. .. 4.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8.3 .. 2.7 12.0 5.1 .. .. 1.4 15.7 11.8 9.3 3.8 24.3 5.8 8.4 2.7 21.3 26.0 7.3 27.4 34.8 36.6 51.2 29.1 34.1 58.9 49.3 42.2 65.3 40.2 65.6 49.2 46.8 69.6 35.3 52.4 45.4 38.7 28.5 44.3 20.3 36.1 21.4 18.1 34.6 19.9 18.2 21.3 11.1 30.0 3.0 14.1 8.2 19.6 8.7 8.3 9.3 9.1 10.8 16.8 3.5 11.4 3.2 .. 2.3 9.8 3.9 0.5 7.1 1.0 3.2 1.5 3.0 .. .. Other family or personal obligations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. 12.3 6.5 .. 5.9 4.9 1.7 .. 14.9 5.0 .. 9.9 8.1 42.6 35.8 31.4 52.2 29.3 43.9 41.4 36.8 35.3 55.5 37.0 37.0 49.8 43.5 33.9 45.1 36.2 37.7 15.5 64.2 38.3 23.4 45.7 45.9 39.5 35.6 31.7 41.1 28.3 31.5 3.8 14.5 25.7 9.6 .. 17.8 18.0 12.6 14.1 2.3 12.5 13.4 7.4 6.7 26.4 8.4 13.5 5.2 10.3 .. .. 11.2 .. 3.1 2.6 .. 12.9 1.6 11.5 .. Retirement (normal or early) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.6 11.9 29.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.5 39.8 .. 78.8 35.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27.1 19.7 28.3 .. .. 47.2 100.0 40.6 100.0 27.6 18.1 80.6 80.2 74.2 100.0 46.2 20.3 41.8 13.9 64.3 52.8 .. 59.4 .. 72.4 81.9 19.4 19.8 25.8 .. 4.6 8.3 .. 7.3 .. Other reasons 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8.1 12.8 11.1 11.4 15.6 14.5 8.9 8.1 10.1 15.6 23.8 18.2 27.1 15.2 21.6 32.4 25.9 35.1 30.3 24.7 23.2 34.0 30.8 33.0 33.8 27.8 32.9 31.7 30.6 41.2 28.1 29.8 27.3 31.4 26.8 30.8 27.4 29.3 30.1 28.4 24.0 28.9 24.6 32.7 24.4 21.3 20.8 16.4 17.6 23.2 21.2 21.3 23.1 21.2 13.9 20.1 15.5 11.5 16.3 12.6 10.1 10.7 10.1 9.3 9.8 10.2 8.3 8.8 5.6 8.4 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.2 0.2 Does not know the reason 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. 12.9 5.9 44.0 30.2 .. 9.1 9.2 27.5 6.2 .. 62.9 6.5 25.7 .. 100.0 40.8 30.9 13.9 26.6 78.7 77.6 29.2 39.1 57.5 37.9 24.3 93.5 37.1 45.1 .. 35.9 13.2 32.0 19.4 .. 3.5 22.8 15.4 36.3 .. 3.5 .. 20.4 38.5 .. 10.5 50.0 .. 23.8 2.9 9.9 19.2 17.9 .. 62.1 9.3 .. .. 5.1 .. .. .. 10.1 .. 18.4 .. 19.6 .. .. .. .. .. 16.9 11.4 They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.9 2.4 3.7 3.6 5.0 4.7 3.8 2.1 3.9 5.1 13.4 12.4 13.4 15.5 16.0 19.0 19.2 20.5 18.9 21.4 18.6 17.7 15.8 17.9 19.3 22.6 26.3 26.0 25.9 30.9 28.4 31.2 30.5 29.8 31.3 30.2 33.4 38.7 33.6 31.2 36.3 36.1 34.6 36.0 31.2 32.2 31.2 29.0 30.3 27.3 28.9 27.6 27.6 30.2 29.2 26.5 24.1 24.9 21.8 20.8 18.5 15.9 16.3 17.4 15.0 17.6 17.5 15.8 14.4 15.2 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute