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Economic & Labour Market Review | Vol 3 | No 7 | July 2009

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Tourism satellite accounts (TSA)

ourism satellite accounts (TSA) aim to provide core data on expenditure by tourists and the value of tourismrelated businesses. Without a TSA only very approximate estimates of the contribution of tourism to the economy and the number of jobs it supports are available. To discuss further development and innovation of the accounts an international conference, organised by the Tourism Intelligence Unit (TIU) within the ONS, took place on the 21 and 22 May 2009 at the Savoy Conference Centre in London. Delegates and presenters came from Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and the UN World Tourism Organization, together with representatives from Visit Britain (VB), ONS, regional development agencies, tourism authorities, universities, and private consultants in the UK. A wide range of topics relating to the development off TSA were presented and discussed including: methodologies of TSA construction at a national and at regional level, analysis of the main components used in the construction of a TSA such as inputoutput supply and use tables, and complex ways of modelling and extending the TSA framework. The TIU presented a first experimental draft of a UK TSA.
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found that in the second quarter of 2008, around 1.8 million children (15 per cent) were living in a workless household where no one of working age was in work. This proportion has decreased over the last decade along with the general reduction in levels and rates of worklessness. The labour market report also focuses on the fact that young people have historically experienced the highest rates of unemployment compared with other age groups. From January to March 2009 unemployment rates in the UK for those aged 16 and 17 stood at 29.3 per cent, accounting for 9 per cent of unemployed people aged 16 and over. Those aged 18 to 24 and unemployed accounted for 30.5 per cent of all unemployed peopled aged 16 and over, with unemployment rates for young men at 18.6 per cent being higher than young women at 13.3 per cent. The finance report focuses on the average amount of pocket money given to children aged five to 18 in the UK which amounts to 4.80 per child. The amount of pocket money given to children does not, however, mirror the amount of income each household receives. The highest average amount of pocket money per household (14.90 per week) was given to children living in the household group with the lowest income level, while the second highest amount of pocket money per household (11.85 per week) was given to children in the group with the highest level of income.
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with childlessness. However, the majority of women in the sample (68 per cent) who were childless nevertheless still lived with a partner either married or cohabiting at some point during the course of the study womens socio-economic characteristics are also significantly associated with childlessness. Compared to mothers, childless women were more often employed in professional or managerial/technical occupations in 2001, a higher proportion of the childless women were living in London (12.2 per cent) compared with mothers (8.1 per cent). In contrast, a higher proportion of mothers were living in Wales and Yorkshire and The Humber

A second article explores the question of whether the rise in UK births since 2001 has been driven by births to women born outside the UK. The study finds that two main factors have driven recent increases in the number of births in the UK:

increasing fertility rates among UKborn women, and the increasing number of non-UK born women (who have higher fertility on average) in the population

Population Trends 136 also features articles on:

www.statistics.gov.uk/focuson/children/ www.statistics.gov.uk/focuson/ youngpeople/default.asp

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estimating the cohabiting population sub-national analysis of the ageing population, and the 2011 Census taking shape part II: methodological and technological developments

Sean White 01633 455687 sean.white@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Chris Randall 01633 45 5880 chris.randall@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Reports include:

Population Trends
ingle women, and women who are cohabiting with their partner, are more likely to remain childless throughout their lives than those who are married, according to new analysis published in the latest edition of Population Trends on 25 June 2009. Based on the ONS Longitudinal Study, the data shows that:

Focus on children and young people

n insight into the lives of children and young people was contained in the first Focus on Children and Young People published on 11 June 2009. It includes information on their characteristics, experiences, wellbeing and lifestyle. From the labour market report it is 4

patterns of fatherhood in England and Wales 1964-2007 2006-based marital status and cohabitation projections for England and Wales, and marriages and divorces during 2006, and adoptions in 2007: England and Wales

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lack of a co-resident partner appears to be one of the main factors associated

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