Table 2.5. Economic activities by ethnic group, percentage of West Midlands population aged 25 years and older

	Economically active					Economically inactive
Aged 25 years and over	Part time	Full time	Self employed	Unemployed	Student	Retired	Looking after home/family	Permanently sick or disabled	Other	Total
Bangladeshi	12.9	12.9	6.5	7.8	2.1	7.3	26.6	7.1	16.8	100
Indian	9.4	42.2	10.6	5.3	1.4	8.4	8.2	8.2	6.3	100
Other Asian	7.8	32.8	10.3	6.7	4.7	7.5	11.1	8.1	11	100
Pakistani	6.3	20	9.2	7.2	1.9	6.9	25.7	9.2	13.6	100
Black African	7.1	36.7	4.1	8.4	20	4.9	6.6	3.6	8.6	100
Black Caribbean	10.6	41.8	3.5	7.7	3.3	15.5	4.2	7.5	5.9	100
Other Black	12.8	42.4	3.2	10.9	4.9	5	7.3	6.7	6.8	100
Chinese	8.5	30.8	17.3	3.7	14.2	9.6	9.2	1.8	4.9	100
Other Ethnic Group	8.4	32.6	4.8	7	15.3	3.7	15.2	3.2	9.8	100
Mixed: Other Mixed	11	39.4	6.5	7.8	7.2	5.8	9.6	6	6.6	100
Mixed: White and Asian	10.6	41.3	7.7	5.9	4.6	5.2	10	7.1	7.7	100
Mixed: White and Black African	9.7	41.3	5.8	7.6	10.8	2.3	9.7	5.8	7.2	100
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	11.7	41.7	4.8	9.5	3.9	3.8	11.2	6.5	6.8	100
White	13.4	41.7	8.5	2.9	0.8	17.1	6.3	6.4	2.7	100
Whole population	13	41.1	8.5	3.3	1.1	16.4	6.9	6.5	3.3	100

Source: 2001 Census (table S108)