Fig. 6

Unemployment rates and shares of the unemployed across family life. Note: U Rate is the unemployment rate, U Share is the share of unemployed in the population of the respective sub-group of prime age individuals. Both measures are expressed in percentages and represent 5-year averages over 2003–2007 (underlying annual figures are constructed using sampling weights). The five stages of family life are defined as follows: individuals younger than 40 with no children younger than 15 in the family (Group 0); individuals with at least one child below 5 (Group 1); individuals with the youngest child between 5 and 9 (Group 2); individuals with the youngest child between 10 and 14 (Group 3); and individuals aged 40 or more with no children younger than 15 present in the family