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RATE	Government Region	District/Unitary Authority	Nuts Unit Level 3	Urban Labour Market	Modern (2024) Ward
% Economically Inactive	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	N/A
Female Activity Rate	1931 - 2021 Dates 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021	1931 - 2021 Dates 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021	N/A	N/A	1971 - 2021 Dates 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021
Male Unemployment	1931 - 2021 Dates 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021	1931 - 2021 Dates 1931 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021	N/A	N/A	1971 - 2021 Dates 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021
% with Long-Term Health Conditions	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	N/A
Claimant Count Unemployment	N/A	N/A	N/A	1927 - 1939 Dates Jan 1927 Apr 1927 Jul 1927 Oct 1927 Jan 1928 Apr 1928 Jul 1928 Oct 1928 Jan 1929 Apr 1929 Jul 1929 Oct 1929 Jan 1930 Apr 1930 Jul 1930 Oct 1930 Jan 1931 Apr 1931 Jul 1931 Oct 1931 Jan 1932 Apr 1932 Jul 1932 Oct 1932 Jan 1933 Apr 1933 Jul 1933 Oct 1933 Jan 1934 Apr 1934 Jul 1934 Oct 1934 Jan 1935 Apr 1935 Jul 1935 Oct 1935 Jan 1936 Apr 1936 Jul 1936 Oct 1936 Jan 1937 Apr 1937 Jul 1937 Oct 1937 Jan 1938 Apr 1938 Jul 1938 Oct 1938 Jan 1939 Apr 1939 Jul 1939	N/A
% with Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	2019 - 2022 Dates Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 Jan 2020 - Dec 2022	N/A	N/A

This theme is concerned with who was able to find work, and the consequences for those who could not. The census is not the ideal source to study these questions, because it is taken only every ten years, and we plan to add additional information from other sources such as the records of National Insurance and the Poor Law system, and their modern equivalents, Job Seekers Allowance and Income Support.

For now, our only non-census data here comes from the trade union-run welfare system that laid the foundations for the National Insurance system before the 1914-18 war. One strength of census data on unemployment is that it is relatively little affected by the changing rules of benefit systems, although we do add numbers on government training schemes to our figures for 1991.

For most of the twentieth century, the unemployment rate among women was of limited value. Many women were not involved in paid work, and even those with jobs had problems claiming benefits when they lost them. We therefore concentrate instead on the "activity rate", which measures what proportion of women were economically active, either in work or looking for it.