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Table 8.7 Occupational structure (primary, secondary and tertiary) from the 1841 census
in the Whole Study Area (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 45.8 11.9 17.6 2.8
Primary without labourers 9.8 2.8 1.2 0.2
Secondary with non-agricultural labourers 41.8 46.1 45.0 33.4
Secondary without labourers 37.2 44.3 42.1 33.4
Tertiary 12.4 42.0 37.4 63.7
Total (m & f) with known occupations (n) 6295 1703 1145 891
Although we must assume that there is much under-recording of women and
children’s work in the census, Table 8.7 confirms their important role in the secondary and
tertiary sectors. 5
Table 8.8 Occupational structure in specific groupings from the 1841 census in The Whole
Study Area (as % of entries showing occupations in each gender and age group)
Males
20+
Females
20+
Males
under 20
Females
under 20
Agriculture (excl. labourers) 9.6 2.8 1.2 0.2
All labourers 40.6 10.9 19.3 2.6
Agricultural labourers 36.0 9.1 16.4 2.6
Non-agricultural labourers 4.6 1.8 2.9 0.0
Extractive 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.0
Building (excl. carpenters) 4.1 0.0 1.8 0.0
Tailors/bodice makers/dressmakers 1.7 5.1 2.3 2.2
Other textile, clothing & paper manufacture 0.7 2.3 0.5 0.8
Shoemakers/cordwainers 3.7 0.3 2.3 0.1
Other leather, horn and tallow 0.3 2.9 0.2 0.3
Carpenters/joiners 2.9 0.0 1.6 0.0
Other woodworkers 2.4 0.1 1.0 0.0
Blacksmiths/farriers 2.2 0.1 1.1 0.0
Metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0
Needles/hooks/pins 15.1 31.9 29.3 30.0
Transport 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.0
Innkeepers/victuallers 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.1
Other food, retail, service, dealing 5.4 4.3 2.1 0.3
Domestic servants/charwomen/nurses 5.3 35.2 35.3 63.0
Professional 2.3 2.7 0.7 0.3
Total (m & f) with known occupations (n) 6295 1703 1145 891
5 For a comparison of the occupational structure in the different zones in the 1841 census see Appendix 26.
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