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Today @ons published data relating to outcomes for disabled people in the UK. Some important numbers to consider regionally. NI (38.6%) has the lowest disabled employment rate of any UK region
The difference between the disabled employment rate and non-disabled employment rate is much larger in NI than any other UK region. The gap between disabled and non-disabled within NI is a recurring theme across the data
NI has the lowest proportion of it's disabled population educated to degree level of any UK region.
NI is behind only London with regard to the difference between % of the disabled and non-disabled who have a degree.
The difference in the @ONS 'happiness' score between disabled and non-disabled people is larger in NI than any other UK region
The gap between disabled and non-disabled with regard to 'feeling that the things they do are worthwhile' is the 3rd largest of the 12 UK Government Office Regions
The 'life satisfaction' gap between the disabled and non-disabled population is higher in NI than any other UK region
Anxiety amongst disabled people is higher than non-disabled across all regions. But the gap between disabled and non-disabled is higher in NI than any other UK region.
NI disabled people measure favourably when compared to disabled people in other UK regions - Happiness (8/12); Life satisfaction (joint 2nd /12); Worthwhile (1/12). But NI records the highest anxiety amongst disabled people of any UK region.
