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

United Kingdom LFS: Econ. inactivity wants a job: Looking after family/home: : female:% () was 26.7% in July 2026, down 0.3 percentage points from June 2026 and down 1.6 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 26.4% (Aug 2025) to 41.5% (Aug 2016), averaging 33.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7M.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-wants-a-job-looking-after-family-home-female-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 26.7% |
| June 2026 | 27.0% |
| May 2026 | 27.7% |
| April 2026 | 27.8% |
| March 2026 | 27.1% |
| February 2026 | 27.8% |
| January 2026 | 27.3% |
| December 2025 | 27.0% |
| November 2025 | 27.6% |
| October 2025 | 28.5% |
| September 2025 | 27.5% |
| August 2025 | 26.4% |
| July 2025 | 28.3% |
| June 2025 | 29.7% |
| May 2025 | 29.1% |
| April 2025 | 28.2% |
| March 2025 | 27.4% |
| February 2025 | 27.3% |
| January 2025 | 27.8% |
| December 2024 | 27.7% |
| November 2024 | 28.5% |
| October 2024 | 29.1% |
| September 2024 | 30.5% |
| August 2024 | 31.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7M.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INACTIVE.M.NSA.ITEM-LF7M.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```