Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Labour, 1801-1975

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>This machine-readable version of John Williams' &lt;i&gt;Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics&lt;/i&gt; is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.<br>
John Williams' &lt;i&gt;Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics&lt;/i&gt; is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) &lt;i&gt;Abstract of British historical statistics&lt;/i&gt; and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) &lt;i&gt;Second abstract of British historical statistics&lt;/i&gt;.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> The main tables are:<br>
<br><br>Occupations, 1801-1971.<br>
Occupations by sex, by county, 1801-1971.<br>
Employment. Estimated number of insured employees (employed and unemployed), by sex and industry, 1939-1974.<br>
Number and percentage of unemployed, by sex, 1923-1975.<br>
Unemployment: vacancies unfilled, by sex, 1949-1974.<br>
Unemployment by age groups, duration and sex, 1935-1940, 1946-1976.<br>
Number of persons placed in employment by employment exchanges and youth employment services, 1948-1974.<br>
Number of Trades Councils and number of Trade Union members represented, 1894-1924.<br>
Total number of workpeople affected by, and days lost through, industrial disputes, 1891-1913.<br>
Industrial disputes by industry, 1897-1974.<br>
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Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br>
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