GB Historical DB

Occupational Statistics (Before 1914)

While data on demographic variables appears in remarkably similar form in successive censuses, occupational data varied greatly both in terms of reporting units and in how occupations were classified. This explains the number of separate tables listed here.

Because of the large number of occupational tables, they are divided between two sections. This section holds data for the pre-World War I period, when the same table attempted to cover both occupations, meaning what individual workers did, and industries, defined in terms of what business a worker's employer was in.

Tables within section:

TableTypeContents
occ_1841 Raw Data 1841 occupational statistics for counties and selected towns.
occ_1841_dic Codebook Converts 1841 data to 1921 and Booth-Armstrong Occup. Classifications
occ_1851 Raw Data 1851 occupational statistics for registration counties in England and Wales.
occ_1871 Raw Data 1871 occupational statistics for registration districts in England and Wales.
occ_1881 Raw Data 1881 occupational/age data for parishes and sub-districts, from microdata.
occ_1881_age_groups Codebook Definitions of the age groups appearing in occ_1881.
occ_1881_c Raw Data 1881 occupational statistics for the counties of England and Wales.
occ_1881_no_age Raw Data 1881 occupational data for parishes and sub-districts, from microdata.
occ_1881_occ_codes Codebook Occupational categories appearing in occ_1881.
occ_1881_places Gazetteer Names of Districts, sub-Districts and parishes appearing in occ_1881.
occ_1881_regc_codes Gazetteer Names of Registration Counties appearing in occ_1881.
occ_1891 Raw Data 1891 occupational statistics for counties in England and Wales.