Female Activity Rate in 2021 for Modern (2024) Ward

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Female Activity Rate in 2021 for Modern (2024) Ward

Key

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.

Rate definition

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Rate Definition

R_CENSUS_FEM_ACTIVE = (CENSUS_ACTIVE_GEN:female/act * 100.0) / WORKING_AGE_SEX:female/total

Sources

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.