Brecknockshire Administrative County (pre-1974) : Work & Poverty Statistics

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1974

These simple graphs compare Brecknockshire with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Female Activity Rate 1921 to 1951 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male self-employment 1951 From 1951 onwards, the census allows us to calculate the proportion of economically-active males wo…
Male Unemployment 1931 to 1951 In twentieth century Britain, unemployment was the primary measure of economic distress. It has bee…

We hold these detailed statistics for Brecknockshire, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
All persons insured against unemployment 1931 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 to 1951 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1931 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1921 to 1951 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1931 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.