Variable : Census Unemployment

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:

V_CENSUS_EMPL

Name:

Census Unemployment

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

From 1931 onwards, the census gathered data on whether people were employed or unemployed. From 1951 onwards it also distinguished the self-employed.

Variable " Census Unemployment " is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_WK	Work & Poverty

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name
N_CENSUS_EMPL	Census Unemployment by Sex

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Variable " Census Unemployment " contains:

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID	Entity Name
C_CENSUS_EMPL_1	In employment
C_CENSUS_EMPL_2	Self-employed
C_CENSUS_EMPL_3	Unemployed