"Figure 4: Growth in total hours worked for the oldest age group has had an upward trend since the downturn","" "Cumulative contributions to growth in total hours worked by 50 years and older age group and gender, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to Quarter 1 2019, UK","" "","" "Notes","1. Contributions may not sum to total due to rounding." "Unit","%, percentage points" "","" "","Female","Male","Total" "2008Q1","0.00","0.00","0.00" "2008Q2","-0.37","-0.18","-0.55" "2008Q3","-0.57","-1.05","-1.62" "2008Q4","-0.29","-0.45","-0.74" "2009Q1","-0.42","-0.23","-0.65" "2009Q2","0.27","0.18","0.46" "2009Q3","-0.72","-0.09","-0.81" "2009Q4","-0.15","-0.17","-0.32" "2010Q1","0.98","-0.22","0.76" "2010Q2","1.05","0.58","1.63" "2010Q3","1.07","0.45","1.52" "2010Q4","1.28","1.54","2.83" "2011Q1","1.78","1.55","3.32" "2011Q2","1.64","1.14","2.79" "2011Q3","2.04","1.27","3.30" "2011Q4","2.12","1.56","3.68" "2012Q1","3.21","2.41","5.62" "2012Q2","3.61","3.22","6.83" "2012Q3","4.19","3.17","7.37" "2012Q4","4.90","3.97","8.86" "2013Q1","5.48","4.69","10.17" "2013Q2","5.36","4.93","10.29" "2013Q3","5.18","5.85","11.03" "2013Q4","6.21","6.14","12.36" "2014Q1","6.58","6.37","12.95" "2014Q2","6.88","7.19","14.08" "2014Q3","6.49","8.01","14.50" "2014Q4","7.25","8.15","15.40" "2015Q1","7.73","9.11","16.84" "2015Q2","7.85","9.51","17.36" "2015Q3","7.75","8.16","15.91" "2015Q4","9.30","10.54","19.84" "2016Q1","9.21","10.86","20.07" "2016Q2","10.10","11.38","21.47" "2016Q3","9.52","11.67","21.19" "2016Q4","10.91","11.37","22.28" "2017Q1","11.39","12.59","23.99" "2017Q2","11.18","13.01","24.18" "2017Q3","10.41","11.06","21.46" "2017Q4","10.78","11.49","22.27" "2018Q1","11.25","12.50","23.75" "2018Q2","11.75","13.11","24.86" "2018Q3","12.16","13.88","26.04" "2018Q4","11.81","13.99","25.80" "2019Q1","12.57","14.51","27.08"