Economically Active by Sex

Data for 1921	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	11,231,173	4,851,830
Economically inactive	1,677,599	9,962,293

Data for 1931	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	12,279,035	5,340,065
Economically inactive	1,282,306	9,968,424

Data for 1951	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,210,696	6,005,807
Economically inactive	1,866,390	10,929,615

Data for 1971	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,628,303	7,922,915
Economically inactive	3,087,085	10,417,377

Data for 1981	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,297,429	8,476,678
Economically inactive	3,778,884	10,060,577

Data for 1991	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	13,774,096	9,999,080
Economically inactive	4,807,728	9,901,572

Data for 2001	Sex
Economically Active	Male	Female
Economically active	12,550,579	10,288,546
Economically inactive	4,939,398	7,753,568

Date:	Source:
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 16, 'Occupations'
1931 - 2001	Census of Population

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