Durham Urban Labour Market : Work & Poverty Statistics

These simple graphs compare Durham with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 In 20th century Britain, unemployment was measured mainly through the National Insurance system whi…

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

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
All persons insured against unemployment 1927 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1974 Insured Unemployment (2)
Numbers Unemployed by Category 1963 to 1974 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)
Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence) 1875 to 1906 Occupations reporting wage rates (24)

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