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UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: Census 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2021, 1,853,112 people in England and Wales reported that they had previously served in the UK armed forces (3.8% of usual residents aged 16 years and over).
- Of the UK armed forces veterans in England and Wales, 76.3% (1.4 million people) previously served in the regular forces, 19.5% (361,000 people) in the reserve forces, and 4.3% (79,000 people) served in both the regular and reserve forces.
- 37,000 UK armed forces veterans (2.0%) lived in communal establishments and the remainder (slightly over 1.8 million, 98.0%) lived in households.
Suicides in UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2021 in England and Wales, out of 5,175 suicides in those aged 16 years and over, 253 suicides occurred in UK armed forces veterans.
- Of the 253 UK armed forces veteran suicides occurring in 2021, 93.7% (237) were male and 6.3% (16) were female.
- Overall, after accounting for age, there was no evidence of a difference in the rate of suicide between male UK armed forces veterans and the male general population.
Datasets related to Armed forces community
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Employment, skills and volunteering for UK armed forces veterans: Career Transition Partnership (CTP)
Awareness of, use of and satisfaction with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) among UK armed forces veterans by personal and service-related characteristics, weighted estimates, from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK.
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Employment, skills and volunteering for UK armed forces veterans: transferable skills and job level
UK armed forces veterans’ transferable skills and job level by personal and service-related characteristics, weighted estimates, from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK.
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Employment, skills and volunteering for UK armed forces veterans: employment, work sector and hours worked
UK armed forces veterans’ employment, work sector and hours worked by personal and service-related characteristics, weighted estimates, from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK.
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Employment, skills and volunteering for UK armed forces veterans: volunteering
UK armed forces veterans’ volunteering by personal and service-related characteristics, weighted estimates, from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK.
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Employment, skills and volunteering for UK armed forces veterans: employment support services
Awareness of, use of and satisfaction with employment support services among UK armed forces veterans by personal and service-related characteristics, weighted estimates, from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK.
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Statistical bulletins
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UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: Census 2021
UK armed forces veterans population who have either previously served in the regular forces, reserve forces or both, Census 2021 data.
Articles
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Characteristics of UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales
UK armed forces veteran population from Census 2021 data, includes population age, where people were born, religion, ethnic group, legal partnership status and general health.
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UK armed forces veterans data, England and Wales
Datasets on the topic of UK armed forces veterans and supporting information.
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