Annual unemployment time series, 1927-39, for administrative counties

Table ID:

LUI_CNTY_TS     (1251402)

Contents:

Annual unemployment time series, 1927-39, for administrative counties

Approx. number of rows:

870

Table type:

Derived

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Geography:

Reporting units are identified by:
   Administrative County

Chronology:

The data cover the period 1927 to 1939.
Dates and times are identified by:
   Year

Sources:

1. This table contains data entirely derived from the 'lui' table.

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Notes:

1. For most counties, the data held here are simply annual averages of the adjusted quarterly rates held in 'lui'. However, this table is based more closely on the system of administrative counties in existence during the inter-war period than the 'lui' table itself.
2. For the following counties, series have been constructed by using the data for specific places:
   • Cambridgeshire: Cambridge and Cottenham.
   • Isle of Ely: Ely and Wisbech.
   • Lincolnshire Holland: Boston and Spalding.
   • Lincolnshire Kesteven: Grantham, Sleaford and Stamford.
   • Lincolnshire Lindsey: Barton on Humber, Gainsborough, Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, Scunthorpe and Skegness.
   • Northamptonshire: All listed towns except Peterborough.
   • Soke of Peterborough: Peterborough (which is listed under Northamptonshire).
   • Suffolk East: Felixstowe, Ipswich, Lowestoft and Stowmarket.
   • Suffolk West: Bury St. Edmunds, Newmarket and Sudbury.
   • Sussex East: Bexhill, Brighton, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Lewes, Newhaven and Rye.
   • Sussex West: Bognor Regis, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Shoreham and Worthing.

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Checking:

1. Derived data; no additional checking.

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
adm_cnty	Text string (max.len.=36).	Name of the Administrative County.
cnty_unit	Integer number.	ID number for the Administrative County from the AUO.
year	Integer number.	Calendar year to which the data relate.
urate	Floating point number.	Adjusted unemployment rate.