Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured
| Year | Men | Women | Juveniles | Total for all insured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1927 |
10
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
| 11 Apr 1927 |
9
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
| 11 Jul 1927 |
7
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
| 17 Oct 1927 |
7
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
| 16 Jan 1928 |
8
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
| 16 Apr 1928 |
7
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
| 16 Jul 1928 |
6
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
| 15 Oct 1928 |
8
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
| 14 Jan 1929 |
9
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
| 15 Apr 1929 |
8
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
| 15 Jul 1929 |
8
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
| 14 Oct 1929 |
8
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
| 13 Jan 1930 |
11
|
4
|
4
|
9
|
| 14 Apr 1930 |
13
|
7
|
2
|
10
|
| 14 Jul 1930 |
12
|
8
|
3
|
10
|
| 13 Oct 1930 |
14
|
9
|
5
|
12
|
| 12 Jan 1931 |
15
|
11
|
7
|
13
|
| 13 Apr 1931 |
16
|
11
|
9
|
14
|
| 13 Jul 1931 |
14
|
10
|
5
|
12
|
| 12 Oct 1931 |
17
|
12
|
6
|
15
|
| 25 Jan 1932 |
19
|
8
|
9
|
15
|
| 25 Apr 1932 |
17
|
7
|
11
|
14
|
| 25 Jul 1932 |
14
|
6
|
9
|
12
|
| 24 Oct 1932 |
16
|
6
|
5
|
13
|
| 23 Jan 1933 |
20
|
10
|
11
|
17
|
| 24 Apr 1933 |
19
|
11
|
11
|
16
|
| 24 Jul 1933 |
14
|
9
|
4
|
12
|
| 23 Oct 1933 |
14
|
7
|
2
|
11
|
| 22 Jan 1934 |
16
|
9
|
9
|
13
|
| 23 Apr 1934 |
14
|
7
|
7
|
12
|
| 23 Jul 1934 |
11
|
7
|
2
|
9
|
| 22 Oct 1934 |
11
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
| 28 Jan 1935 |
13
|
8
|
8
|
12
|
| 15 Apr 1935 |
12
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
| 22 Jul 1935 |
10
|
6
|
2
|
8
|
| 21 Oct 1935 |
10
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
| 20 Jan 1936 |
9
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
| 27 Apr 1936 |
10
|
7
|
4
|
9
|
| 20 Jul 1936 |
8
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
| 26 Oct 1936 |
9
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
| 25 Jan 1937 |
9
|
7
|
9
|
|
| 19 Apr 1937 |
8
|
6
|
8
|
|
| 26 Jul 1937 |
6
|
7
|
7
|
|
| 18 Oct 1937 |
7
|
6
|
7
|
|
| 17 Jan 1938 |
9
|
9
|
9
|
|
| 04 Apr 1938 |
10
|
8
|
9
|
|
| 18 Jul 1938 |
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
| 17 Oct 1938 |
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
| 16 Jan 1939 |
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
| 17 Apr 1939 |
9
|
9
|
9
|
|
| 10 Jul 1939 |
6
|
8
|
6
|
| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1927 - 1939 | Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) , |
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The Ministry of Labour's inter-war Local Unemployment Index mainly reported rates of unemployment, as percentages, and these are presented here. The reports do list the total number of persons insured, enabling the actual number of the unemployed to be calculated, but they do not break down the number of insured people by sex and age, so these rates are the only information we have. Note that between 1927 and 1936 the LUI was known to be imprecise because the count of the unemployed included (a) workers insured u...
nder the Agricultural Scheme, (b) workers aged between 14 and 16 and (c) workers aged 65 and over, while the count of insured workers used as a divisor in calculating the unemployment rate did not. In January 1937 a 'New Series' of the LUI was begun in which the number recorded as unemployed excluded the above categories. All reports included figures for change in the total percentage unemployed over the preceding twelve months, and those given in the 1937 reports are based on an adjusted figure for the previous year; it is therefore possible for 1936 to compare the rates originally published with corrected rates for the same places and dates. The figures held here are the unadjusted rates.