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Table 6.6 Male occupational structure in specific groupings from Anglican baptism
registers in Zone C, Central (Wood-pasture) Belt 1813-40 (as % of entries showing
fathers’ occupations)
1813-40 1813-20 1821-30 1831-40
Agriculture (excl. labourers) 12.7 13.8 12.8 11.8
All labourers 64.4 64.5 63.2 65.6
Agricultural labourers * 60.4 60.4 59.2 61.5
Non-agricultural labourers * 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1
Extractive 3.9 4.4 4.5 3.1
Building (excl. carpenters) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Tailors/bodice makers 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.5
Other textile, clothing & paper manufacture 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.2
Shoemakers/cordwainers 3.4 2.7 3.5 3.7
Other leather, horn and tallow 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2
Carpenters/joiners 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.3
Other woodworkers 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.0
Blacksmiths/farriers 2.4 1.5 2.3 3.2
Other metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Needles/hooks/pins 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.7
Transport 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Innkeepers/victuallers 0.9 0.4 0.9 1.3
Other food, retail, service, dealing 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.0
Domestic servants 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.5
Professional 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9
Total baptisms (n) 5112 1351 1862 1899
*Labourers allocated using information from the 1831 census.
Table 6.6 shows the zone’s male occupational structure between 1813 and 1840,
discussed in more detail below in the sections on specific occupational groupings.
Table 6.7 Occupational structure (primary, secondary and tertiary) from the 1841 census
in Zone C, Central (Wood-pasture) Belt (as % of entries showing occupations in each
gender and age group)
Males Females Males Females
20+ 20+ under 20 under 20
Primary with agricultural labourers 61.9 31.2 37.2 11.0
Primary without labourers 13.3 6.2 1.2 1.3
Secondary with non-agricultural labourers 27.6 20.5 12.8 4.5
Secondary without labourers 21.2 14.5 8.1 4.5
Tertiary 10.6 48.3 50.0 84.4
Total (n) 1649 300 258 154
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