Table 2.4. Economic activities by ethnic group, percentage of the West Midlands population aged 16-24 years and older

	Economically active				Economically inactive
Aged 16 - 24 years	Part time	Full time	Unemployed	Student	Looking after home/family	Permanently sick or disabled	Other	Total
Bangladeshi	6.7	14.8	8.6	45.0	13.8	1.0	10.2	100.0
Indian	4.6	22.0	6.2	58.7	3.5	0.6	4.4	100.0
Other Asian	3.9	15.5	6.8	56.3	6.6	0.9	9.9	100.0
Pakistani	5.2	16.4	10.5	42.5	12.7	1.5	11.2	100.0
Black African	2.4	8.2	5.2	75.8	2.1	0.6	5.7	100.0
Black Caribbean	7.4	17.5	13.6	49.2	3.6	1.7	7.1	100.0
Other Black	6.7	16.5	12.8	49.9	3.7	1.6	8.8	100.0
Chinese	1.7	6.6	1.4	87.0	1.1	0.1	2.1	100.0
Other Ethnic Group	2.1	10.4	6.8	65.5	4.2	1.2	9.9	100.0
Mixed: Other Mixed	4.3	18.7	6.8	56.4	5.1	2.6	6.1	100.0
Mixed: White and Asian	5.3	19.8	9.8	54.2	3.7	0.7	6.4	100.0
Mixed: White and Black African	5.4	20.4	8.5	55.5	2.7	0.9	6.6	100.0
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	6.6	23.8	14.6	38.6	6.6	1.8	8.0	100.0
White	6.4	39.8	6.2	37.7	3.9	1.2	4.9	100.0
Whole population	6.1	35.9	6.6	40.3	4.5	1.2	5.4	100.0

Source: 2001 Census (Table S108)