Glasgow County (ScoCofC) : Work & Poverty Statistics

Created: 1893   Abolished: 1975

These simple graphs compare Glasgow with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Female Activity Rate 1931 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male Unemployment 1931 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…

We hold these detailed statistics for Glasgow, 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 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1931 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.