The model estimates indicate that the pattern of e-business usage reflects the heterogeneity of firms in terms of size, other innovative activity and labour force skills (generating differences in the payoffs to use) as well as market and non-market intermediated externalities.
A higher proportion of people who did not have a disabling chronic health condition participated in social and cultural activities, regardless of labour force participation status, than people who had a disabling chronic health condition.
The effects of arthritis include joint pain, fatigue, reduced mobility, limitations in self-care, domestic life and restriction in various life situations such as leisure activities and the labour force.
Activity rates (also: labour force participation rates) relate the number of the active to the overall size of the population (cf. International Labour Organisation 2004).
Physical activity limitations affected labour force participation both directly and indirectly through perceived need for workplace accommodation.
For example, censuses can provide valuable information on the occupational distribution and other sociodemographic characteristics of the population of economically active age; however, they tend to contain limited information on other indicators of labour force activities.
The household-based survey data on labour force activities and occupational wages available through the LIS project presented both advantages and constraints in conducting international comparisons.
Almost 100% of the people who did not have a disabling chronic health condition participated in social or community activities, regardless of the labour force participation status.
On the other hand, due to their generally shorter questionnaires, censuses generally contain only limited information on other aspects of labour force activities valuable for in-depth analyses (such as secondary employment or working hours).
Indicators on labour force activities capture three main elements: participation (the proportion of individuals with health-related skills currently in the labour force), employment opportunities (the proportion with health-related skills currently employed), and retention (the proportion with health-related skills currently working in a health-related industry).
