# United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity reasons: Looking after family/home: : female:% ()

United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity reasons: Looking after family/home: : female:% () was 24.7% in July 2026, up 0.4 percentage points from June 2026 and down 1.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.3% (May 2026) to 35.9% (Aug 2016), averaging 29.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF72.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1993-04-01 to 2026-07-01 (400 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-econ-inactivity-reasons-looking-after-family-home-female-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 24.7% |
| June 2026 | 24.3% |
| May 2026 | 24.3% |
| April 2026 | 24.7% |
| March 2026 | 24.8% |
| February 2026 | 24.8% |
| January 2026 | 24.8% |
| December 2025 | 24.7% |
| November 2025 | 25.1% |
| October 2025 | 25.6% |
| September 2025 | 25.7% |
| August 2025 | 25.4% |
| July 2025 | 25.8% |
| June 2025 | 26.2% |
| May 2025 | 26.0% |
| April 2025 | 25.2% |
| March 2025 | 25.5% |
| February 2025 | 25.8% |
| January 2025 | 26.6% |
| December 2024 | 26.0% |
| November 2024 | 26.3% |
| October 2024 | 26.5% |
| September 2024 | 26.4% |
| August 2024 | 26.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF72.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF72.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```