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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Questions (95)

Willie O'Dea

Question:

95. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the number of jobless households in each county in tabular form. [49129/18]

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The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available.

Estimates for the jobless household indicator are produced by NUTS 3 Regions and are not available on a county basis.

The CSO Labour Force Survey (LFS), which replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017, is the official source of data for the jobless household indicator in the State.

The most recent LFS figures available are for Q3 2018.

The jobless households indicator can be calculated using different age categories. In general, the age categories used (by Eurostat for example) are for persons aged 0-17 years (children) and persons aged 18-59 years (adults). Therefore, the indicator "People aged 18 - 59 years living in jobless households" is calculated as the share of persons aged 18 - 59 who are living in households where no one is in employment. The indicator "People aged 0 - 17 years living in jobless households" is calculated as the share of persons aged 0 - 17 who are living in households where no one is in employment.

The table below shows the proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households classified by sex, age group and NUTS3 region in Q3 2018 while the table also includes the different age categories as defined above. Persons aged 18-59 years are also categorised by sex.

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households classified by sex, age group and NUTS3 region, Q3 2018

NUTS3 regions

Q3 2018

Border

%

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

8.3

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

9.9

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

9.3

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

9.6

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

9.2

West

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

14.4

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

10.4

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

12.1

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

11.2

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

12.2

Mid-West

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

11.4

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

9.5

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

12.7

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

11.1

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

11.2

South-East

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

14.7

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

10.2

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

15.0

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

12.7

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

13.3

South-West

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

11.1

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

6.4

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

8.2

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

7.3

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

8.5

Dublin

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

11.6

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

6.0

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

7.4

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

6.7

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

8.1

Mid-East

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

8.8

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

7.4

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

8.3

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

7.9

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

8.2

Midland

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

13.5

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

10.4

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

15.1

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

12.7

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

13.0

State

Proportion of persons aged 0-17 living in jobless household

11.4

Proportion of male persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

7.9

Proportion of female persons aged 18-59 living in jobless household

9.9

Proportion of persons aged 18-59 living in jobless households

8.9

Proportion of all persons aged 0-59 living in jobless households

9.7

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Central Statistics Office, Ireland.

Data may be subject to future revision.

Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.

Reference period: Q3=July-September.

Note: Households consisting entirely of persons aged 18-24, all of whom have indicated that their Principal Economic Status is Student, are excluded from the above calculations.

Note: The composition of the NUTS regions changed in 2016 and took effect in the LFS from Q1 2018. Data from Q1 2012 to Q4 2017 was revised to reflect these changes at that time.

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