Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Government Unemployment Statistics, 1901-1914 and 1923-1939

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.

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Detailed data on composition of the unemployed in January,1933 arranged by sex. Trade Union Unemployment Percentages for four sectors (capenters and joiners, engineers, printing, and shipbuilding), 1902-14. Local government districts which were Special Areas in 1934. Local Unemployment Index, 1927-39 arranged by age and sex. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4563-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=0588cf212a9a6df6b16a7939a6ab0d5916db6e5602a63baba06b7dfaacc4b7d2
Provenance
Creator Southall, H. R., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography; Gilbert, D. R., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2004
Rights Copyright Southall, H.R.,University of Portsmouth. Gilbert, D.R., University of London.; <p>These data are currently unavailable for download.</p><p>Users can browse the Great Britain Historical Database documentation system online by accessing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gbhdb/" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A Vision of Britain webpages</a>.</p>
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Language English
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Economics; History; Humanities; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage England and Wales; England; Scotland; Wales