Older Workers Labour Market Outcomes
Figure 3: Long-term participation trends for older men and women, 1987 to 2007
Figure three outlines the long-term participation trends for older men and women between 1987 and 2007. While there has been long term growth in the participation rate of both genders, the increase for older women has begun to slow. As a result, the gap in participation rates between older men and women widened to 16.3% by March 2007 compared with 14.9% in March 2006. In 1987 the male participation rate was approximately 41% and increased to 50% in 2007, while for woman, the participation rate in 1987 was approximate 17% and increased to 33% in 2007.