Wigan LabMkt through time | Work & Poverty Statistics

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Year	Men	Women	Juveniles
16 Apr 1945	280	101	53
16 Jul 1945	356	317	215
15 Oct 1945	989	1,269	33
14 Jan 1946	1,320	1,209	43
08 Apr 1946	1,756	1,326	18
15 Jul 1946	1,945	943	45
14 Oct 1946	1,831	895	32
13 Jan 1947	1,605	667	27
14 Apr 1947	1,609	593	31
14 Jul 1947	1,181	458	20
13 Oct 1947	971	322	17
12 Jan 1948	1,053	270	19
12 Apr 1948	1,025	188	14
12 Jul 1948	1,025	245	105
11 Oct 1948	986	183	19
10 Jan 1949	914	193	61
11 Apr 1949	749	118	11
11 Jul 1949	725	144	44
10 Oct 1949	846	200	24
16 Jan 1950	881	200	45
17 Apr 1950	831	226	55
10 Jul 1950	838	182	7
16 Oct 1950	707	217	17
15 Jan 1951	635	249	28
16 Apr 1951	493	188	11
16 Jul 1951	399	114	99
15 Oct 1951	382	237	21
14 Jan 1952	524	508	50
21 Apr 1952	1,088	2,294	395
14 Jul 1952	794	1,394	276
13 Oct 1952	853	1,448	109
12 Jan 1953	761	1,083	87
13 Apr 1953	667	507	27
13 Jul 1953	614	343	169
12 Oct 1953	518	324	16
11 Jan 1954	613	308	31
12 Apr 1954	491	240	6
12 Jul 1954	457	145	121
11 Oct 1954	374	177	6
10 Jan 1955	421	222	17
18 Apr 1955	426	520	79
11 Jul 1955	374	316	185
10 Oct 1955	397	307	47
16 Jan 1956	444	342	26
16 Apr 1956	423	276	21
16 Jul 1956	388	236	91
15 Oct 1956	377	285	21
14 Jan 1957	509	271	31
15 Apr 1957	463	212	7
15 Jul 1957	423	171	201
14 Oct 1957	374	172	14
13 Jan 1958	513	179	47
14 Apr 1958	681	256	115
14 Jul 1958	822	318	383
13 Oct 1958	1,086	878	118
12 Jan 1959	1,205	836	233
13 Apr 1959	1,011	597	131
13 Jul 1959	891	293	474
12 Oct 1959	855	262	70
11 Jan 1960	809	239	104
11 Apr 1960	739	275	13
11 Jul 1960	652	208	360
10 Oct 1960	648	199	15
16 Jan 1961	636	195	50
10 Apr 1961	581	185	78
10 Jul 1961	520	182	15
16 Oct 1961	557	402	38
15 Jan 1962	699	377	93
09 Apr 1962	755	457	37
09 Jul 1962	816	347	454
15 Oct 1962	951	358	51
14 Jan 1963	1,704	532	203
08 Apr 1963	1,391	352	109
15 Jul 1963	1,110	384	554
14 Oct 1963	1,133	376	67
13 Jan 1964	1,146	457	46
13 Apr 1964	945	275	33
13 Jul 1964	856	244	520
12 Oct 1964	768	145	38
11 Jan 1965	725	114	18
12 Apr 1965	604	89	7
12 Jul 1965	567	64	34
11 Oct 1965	539	79	22
10 Jan 1966	550	96	5
10 Apr 1966	541	85	21
11 Jul 1966	498	91	8
10 Oct 1966	631	120	32
09 Jan 1967	828	323	36
10 Apr 1967	973	492	83
10 Jul 1967	885	223	42
09 Oct 1967	959	279	34
08 Jan 1968	1,262	310	20
08 Apr 1968	1,105	261	5
08 Jul 1968	1,565	339	73
14 Oct 1968	1,598	324	94
13 Jan 1969	1,563	353	42
14 Apr 1969	1,527	279	42
14 Jul 1969	1,561	320	82
13 Oct 1969	1,545	275	75
12 Jan 1970	1,668	256	61
13 Apr 1970	1,853	252	73
13 Jul 1970	1,803	288	125
12 Oct 1970	1,831	257	94
11 Jan 1971	2,022	365	79
05 Apr 1971	2,470	458	109
12 Jul 1971	2,585	435	275
11 Oct 1971	2,844	563	229
10 Jan 1972	3,057	607	177
10 Apr 1972	3,250	638	246
10 Jul 1972	3,227	681	316
09 Oct 1972	2,971	653	312
08 Jan 1973	2,904	703	137
09 Apr 1973	2,750	642	72
09 Jul 1973	2,285	505	115
08 Oct 1973	1,889	443	50
14 Jan 1974	2,101	432	51

Date:	Source:
1945 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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The Ministry of Labour's Labour Gazette provided monthly statistics on the number of people unemployed in selected towns and 'districts', from 1945 onwards (although the Ministry and the Gazette changed their names periodically). Unfortunately the number of persons insured was not included in the same reports, so it is not easy to compute rates. As well as the total number unemployed, a simple breakdown was provided by age and sex, and that is presented here. The age division was into those over and unde...

r 18, and those under 18 were categorised by sex only between 1955 and 1960, so we present the full run of data here in terms of just three categories.

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