Scotland Country (Dep) : Work & Poverty Statistics

These simple graphs compare Scotland with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Female Activity Rate 1931 to 2011 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male Unemployment 1931 to 2011 In twentieth century Britain, unemployment was the primary measure of economic distress. It has bee…
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 In 20th century Britain, unemployment was measured mainly through the National Insurance system whi…
% of Population on Poor Relief 1855 to 1914 This rate presents the total number of men, women and children receiving relief as a percentage of …

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

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
All persons insured against unemployment 1927 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 to 2011 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1931 to 2011 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Numbers of Paupers & Dependents 1855 to 1914 Paupers & Dependents (2)
Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers 1896 to 1914 Paupers & Dependents (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)
Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance 1855 to 1914 Total receiving welfare assistance (1)

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