Men and women at work: simple pictures can tell a complex story well
There’s a great example in today’s release of the latest employment figures of the power of simple pictures to communicate complex points.
In this case, it is the use of two pie charts by the Office of National Statistics, pulling together a large number of figures and putting them in a context that is easy to follow:
would be nice if they recognised unpaid caring responsibilities for children and parents, rather than lumping them all in the inactive category.
Over 65? Inactive? Why am I so tired then, whilst saving the state a fortune in care costs?
Because you don't get paid for it. You're only "economically inactive", not "inactive full stop"
its more like being negative (ie saving) than neutral though, like invisible earnings they used to rabbit on about
Back to the original post – I agree that these are good graphics. I'm particularly pleased that as pie charts they are shown completely flat. The "pie charts on a tilt" that it is so easy to create using Excel (and, I guess, other packages) are far worse at actually transmitting the information, as it's hard to see exactly how the slices compare in size.
Am I inactive? I am raising five sons and easily spend over 20 hrs a week volunteering in local church and school communities and other charitable organisations.
As far as Cameron and smugbourne are concerned
Anne – I know, intimately, how how active you are in the most generous way. Big hug and love xxx
and how should I understand the fact the statistics service provided the chart of fuull and part time employment where the part time employment is high? but here it can be seen that full time rating is higher…