Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	593,568	159,192
Self-employed
Unemployed	162,902	15,619

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	741,000	235,304
Self-employed	62,507	15,768
Unemployed	30,016	8,289

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	719,901	267,252
Self-employed	92,020	21,694
Unemployed	16,640	6,446

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	729,296	362,874
Self-employed
Unemployed	35,658	19,311

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	570,065	388,329
Self-employed	91,641	26,462
Unemployed	96,854	36,678

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	494,475	447,066
Self-employed	124,276	39,255
Unemployed	106,899	43,653

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	524,433	509,077
Self-employed	115,584	43,918
Unemployed	47,231	25,260

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	582,192	603,825
Self-employed	139,028	55,001
Unemployed	60,970	35,719

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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