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Why are more people claiming disability benefits?

2025/3/19
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Delphine Strauss
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Hannah Slaughter
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Lizzie McNeill
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Tom Waters: 疫情以来，英国残疾人救济金领取人数增加，一半以上是因为精神行为问题，约45%是因为身体原因。数据显示，精神行为问题和身体原因导致的残疾救济金申请人数都有所增加。 Tim Harford: 没有人真正知道为什么越来越多的适龄劳动者申请残疾救济金。一些假设包括生活成本危机导致收入下降，人们寻求其他增加收入的方式；Motability汽车租赁计划；以及残疾救济金比其他福利更慷慨。然而，这些假设都不能完全解释残疾救济金申请人数的急剧增长。国际证据表明，英国的这一现象是独特的。疫情和生活成本危机似乎不足以解释英国残疾救济金申请人数的急剧增长。Motability计划在疫情前就已存在，其慷慨程度也没有变化，因此无法解释这一现象。由于疫情后主要调查数据的质量下降，难以衡量英国人口健康状况的变化，但调查结果一致显示，患有精神健康问题的人数有所增加。公共部门的病假数据也显示，身心健康问题导致的病假均有所增加。疫情后，年轻人申请残疾救济金的增长速度快于老年人，大部分是因为精神行为问题。

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More working age people are claiming disability benefits. What's driving the trend?

Is it true that the UK imprisons more people for their social media posts than Russia does?

One of the country’s most important data sources has been falling apart. We find out why.

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford Reporter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Nathan Gower Series producers: Charlotte McDonald and Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon