Households with over-50s in work jumps by 22% in 20 years

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People in work aged 50-64 made up the greatest jump in the number of working households from 1996 to 2015 according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In its Workless and working households survey 2015, the percentage of working households in the 50-64 age group went from 38.1% to 46.5%. While the last two decades saw an overall increase in th...

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