Fife County : Work & Poverty Statistics

Abolished: 1975

These simple graphs compare Fife with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Female Activity Rate 1931 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male Unemployment 1931 In twentieth century Britain, unemployment was the primary measure of economic distress. It has bee…
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 In 20th century Britain, unemployment was measured mainly through the National Insurance system whi…
Outdoor Poor Relief 1911 This rate shows what percentage of all those getting relief from the Poor Law received "outdoor" re…
% of Population on Poor Relief 1911 This rate presents the total number of men, women and children receiving relief as a percentage of …

We hold these detailed statistics for Fife, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Able-bodied paupers by type of relief 1911 Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor (3)
All persons insured against unemployment 1927 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1931 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)
Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance 1911 Total receiving welfare assistance (1)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.