Young women more likely to be sick

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Young women more likely to be out of work sick than with children

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Surge in ill health means that young men are twice as likely to be off sick as a decade ago .

Three quarters of those off say they have no interest in working, official figures show.

Rise in mental health problems cited as a key reason for growing youth sickness.

Economic inactivity remains at near record levels of 9.3 million people.

Long-term trends dating from before this issue show falling inactivity for caring reasons and rising inactivity due to sickness, with the gender breakdown notable.

Christopher Rocks , lead economist at the Health Foundation think tank, said that in addition to a falling birth rate, the rise in the proportion of mothers working had been “quite considerable”.

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