Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
Booth-Armstrong Industrial Sectors Male Female
Agriculture 28,020 Show data context 2,228 Show data context
Mining 3,823 Show data context 28 Show data context
Building: Management 10,635 Show data context 30 Show data context
Manufacturing 29,311 Show data context 11,725 Show data context
Transport 4,091 Show data context 79 Show data context
Dealing 8,530 Show data context 2,150 Show data context
Industrial Service 14,041 Show data context 649 Show data context
Public Service & Professional 4,141 Show data context 1,330 Show data context
Domestic Service 9,643 Show data context 26,894 Show data context
Property Owning & Independent 13 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'

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This data matrix presents a highly simplified version of the 1841 occupational data, using the ten main sectors in the Booth-Armstrong industrial classification. Workers are also classified by sex but not by age.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gloucestershire AncC through time | Industry Statistics | Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10107283/cube/IND_BOOTH1841_SEC

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024