1901 Female occupational statistics for local government districts

Table ID:

OCC_1901_F     (1251891)

Contents:

1901 Female occupational statistics for local government districts

Approx. number of rows:

270

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Paul Ell

Geography:

Reporting units are identified by:
   Administrative County
   Local Government District
   Local Government District Type

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1901.

Sources:

1. The data were transcribed from Table 35A, 'Grouped Occupations of Females aged 10 years and upwards, in (the) County Boroughs, in Municipal Borough(s), and in other Urban Districts with populations exceeding 5,000 persons; also Proportions of Children of 10 and under 14 years of age, and of Married or Widowed Women engaged in Occupations, and Proportions of Female Domestic Servants to Separate Occupiers or Families, 1901', in the County Reports of the 1901 census. NB the original table does not include figures for each and every Urban District, hence our transcription was further narrowed to U.D.s whose population exceeded 10,000. The data on children aged 10-14 were not transcribed.

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Notes:

1. These data were input by Pat Furniss at QMW in 1989-91 as part of the original LMDB project.
2. The tables are based on a standard employment classification, but only selected categories were tabulated for each county with all other occupations included in the residual 'other' column. We have transcribed all available categories, but it is obviously difficult to compare the overall occupational structures of towns in different counties. However, the data are usable in studies of single counties and in wider analyses of dominant industries. The 1901 reports provide a more detailed employment classification for county boroughs. There is less variation in the categories listed for women than there is for men.
3. In a few cases, the original table includes a more detailed classification than we have included here. For example, in Essex category XIX is divided into 'Tailoresses' and 'Milliners, Dressmakers, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses' but we have combined these into a single heading. Footnotes to the tables often give information concerning major components of the groups in the table for particular towns; for example, that the 'Dress' category for Kettering includes '142 "Staymakers."'.

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Checking:

1. The sum of 'retired', 'occ_unmarr' and 'occ_marrwid' was checked against 'total'.
2. The sum of 'iii4' through 'other' was checked against the sum of 'occ_unmarr' and 'occ_marrwid'.
3. NB no check of the proportion of married or widowed women in occupations, or of the proportion of domestic servants, was possible, but these were visually checked when the data were transferred between databases in 1994.
4. This table has now been generated in postgres but no new numerical checking has been done.
5. The geographical units have been cross-checked against the GBHGIS administrative unit gazetteer to ensure that all units are correctly identified. Each unit has a unique unit ID assigned to it and this can be used to cross-reference against other datasets. The units have all been matched.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
occ_1901_f_pkey	Primary key	rec_num
occ_1901_f_g_unit_idx	Unique	g_unit, rec_num
occ_1901_f_idx		lg_dist, adm_cnty, lg_type, rec_num

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
occ_1901_f_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
lgd_name	Text string (max.len.=34).	Name of Local Government District
lg_dist	Text string (max.len.=34).	Standardised name of Local Government District
lg_type	Text string (max.len.=6).	Type of unit. Places described as 'City and County of ...' were coded as 'CB'. The City of London is classed, inaccurately, as a London Borough
cnty_name	Text string (max.len.=34).	Name of Administrative County
adm_cnty	Text string (max.len.=34).	Standardised name of Administrative County
admc_unit	Integer number.	ID number for the reporting area, as defined in the AUO.
g_unit	Integer number.	[No description available]
total	Integer number.	Total Occupied and Unoccupied
retired	Integer number.	Retired or Unoccupied
occ_unmarr	Integer number.	Engaged in Occupations: Unmarried
occ_marrwid	Integer number.	Engaged in Occupations: Married or Widowed
iii4	Integer number.	Teaching
iv1other	Integer number.	Domestic Indoor Servants (not in Hotels, etc.)
iv3char	Integer number.	Charwomen
iv3laundry	Integer number.	Laundry and Washing Service
v2	Integer number.	Commercial or Business Clerks
x2	Integer number.	Tinplate Manufacture
x47	Integer number.	(X. 4-7.) Tools; Dies, etc; Arms; Miscellaneous Metal Trades
xiii	Integer number.	Wood, Furniture, Fittings and Decorations
xiv	Integer number.	Earthenware, China, Porcelain - Manufacture
xv	Integer number.	Chemicals, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc
xv4	Integer number.	India Rubber, Gutta Percha, Elastic Web Workers [used only for Leicestershire.]
xvi	Integer number.	Skins, Leather, Hair, Feathers
xvii	Integer number.	Paper, Prints, Books, and Stationery
xviii1cotton	Integer number.	(XVIII. 1.) Cotton Manufacture
xviii2wool	Integer number.	(XVIII. 2.) Wool and Worsted Manufacture
xviii3silk	Integer number.	(XVIII. 3.) Silk Manufacture
xviii5hose	Integer number.	(XVIII. 5.) Hosiery Manufacture
xviii5lace	Integer number.	(XVIII. 5.) Lace Manufacture
xviii6	Integer number.	(XVIII. 6.) Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing, etc
xviii15	Integer number.	(XVIII. 1-5.) Textile Manufacture. (If one of next 3 categories is occupied, means 'Other', not 'Total'.]
xixhat	Integer number.	Straw-Plait, Hat, Bonnet Manufacture
xixtailor	Integer number.	Tailoresses, Milliners, Dressmakers, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses
xixboot	Integer number.	Boot, Shoe, Slipper, Patten, Clog - Makers
xixstay	Integer number.	Staymakers. [included in 'xixtailor' if not listed separately]
xx	Integer number.	Food, Tobacco, Drink, and Lodgings
other	Integer number.	All Other Occupations
prop_marrwid	float8	Proportion per cent of Married and Widowed [women] engaged in occupations
prop_dom	float8	Proportion per cent of Domestic Servants to total number of Separate Occupiers or Families
notes	Text string (max.len.=259).	Notes added after data capture
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique number identifying row in table, added during loading.