first graph (over time re inflation): while the levels of means-tested benefits for both families with children and pensioners have gone up much faster than inflation since the late 1990s, that for working-age adults without children has, at best, remained constant in real terms.
first graph (not working – over time): the proportion of working-age women who are not working is much lower than forty years ago whilst the equivalent proportion for men is much higher.
second graph (economically inactive): these trends – of increasing work rates for women and decreasing work rates for men – have been happening throughout the last forty years.
third graph (not working – by age group): differences in work rates between men and women are much less among those aged 18 to 24 than in older age groups.