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Female Activity Rate in 2021 for District/Unitary Authority
Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931,
peaking at 64% in 2011, while for men the rate dropped from 91% to 75%,
greatly reducing the difference between the sexes.
Households with a single, usually male 'breadwinner' are less common,
while households with two people working and with no-one working have both increased.
Over time, female activity rates have risen in almost all areas, but the most striking
transformation is of rural central England: almost universally, women now work except
for specific periods when they take time off to have children.
R_CENSUS_FEM_ACTIVE = (CENSUS_ACTIVE_GEN:female/act * 100.0) / WORKING_AGE_SEX:female/total
| Data Role | Source | Method |
|---|---|---|
| CENSUS_ACTIVE_GEN:female/act | Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Economic activity status" (12 way) by Sex) | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |
| CENSUS_ACTIVE_GEN:female/act | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "Economic Activity" (12 way)) | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |
| WORKING_AGE_SEX:female/total | Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Economic activity status" (12 way) by Sex) | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |
| WORKING_AGE_SEX:female/total | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "Economic Activity" (12 way)) | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |