Yorkshire and the Humber Government Region : Work & Poverty Statistics

Created: 1994  

These simple graphs compare Yorkshire with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Female Activity Rate 1931 to 2021 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male Unemployment 1931 to 2021 In twentieth century Britain, unemployment was the primary measure of economic distress. It has bee…

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

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Chronic Health Conditions 2017 to 2022 Chronic Health Condition (2)
Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health 2017 to 2022 Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health (2)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 to 2021 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Economically Active by Sex 1931 to 2021 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.