Census Unemployment by Sex

Data for 1931	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	12,822,504	5,707,842
Self-employed
Unemployed	1,967,150	557,374

Data for 1951	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	14,407,008	6,579,741
Self-employed	902,005	245,926
Unemployed	339,855	135,502

Data for 1961	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	14,579,210	7,340,420
Self-employed	1,385,400	331,130
Unemployed	267,860	110,300

Data for 1971	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	15,053,811	8,737,395
Self-employed
Unemployed	666,929	343,602

Data for 1981	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	12,190,694	8,792,967
Self-employed	1,707,341	440,141
Unemployed	1,595,235	644,792

Data for 1991	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	12,043,726	10,727,438
Self-employed	2,538,295	754,826
Unemployed	2,122,451	1,002,191

Data for 2001	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	11,608,076	11,068,108
Self-employed	2,453,911	906,766
Unemployed	891,020	518,401

Data for 2011	Sex
Census Unemployment	Male	Female
In employment	12,492,507	12,631,957
Self-employed	3,018,447	1,266,907
Unemployed	1,194,719	794,231

Date:	Source:
1931 - 2011	Census of Population

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