MAP worksheets Economy

Worksheet EC1: Employment
=== Sub-section 1: Employment ===
Q1. What is
a.The ratio of employed people to the total working age population? 
b. The ratio of working women to working men? 
Compare these ratios with regional and national averages. This will help identify if there is hidden unemployment locally.
(Worksheet S1 Q4 also refers to employment)
Q 2: What proportion of local people commutes out of the town/hinterland to work and how far do they go?
Compare the proportion with averages for other market towns (a list of towns is available on the Market Towns website).
(Worksheets T1; T2; T3 also refer to travel)
Q 3. Household earnings
a.What are average household earnings? 
b.How do they compare with the national and regional averages? 
c.What percentage is above and below the average income level?
Q 4. How do employment rates in specific key industry sectors compare over time with regional and national averages? 
Q 5. Employers
a.Which employers employ over 100 people? 
b.What is the proportion of the local workforce employed by them?