Ipswich County Borough (CB/MB) through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty

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Economically Active by Sex

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Data for 1921	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	24,998	10,208
Economically inactive	3,810	23,175

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	28,302	11,495
Economically inactive	3,160	24,825

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	32,508	12,852
Economically inactive	5,043	30,471

Date	Source
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 17 , 'Occupations (Condensed list)'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Occupations of Males and Females, showing also total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

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Ipswich County Borough (CB/MB) : Economically Active by Sex

Economically Active by Sex