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Service sector employment in Great Britain 1841–2011

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  • Paula Aucott
  • Humphrey Southall

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The most detailed published census data on occupations and industries from nine British censuses between 1841 and 2011 have been computerised, and original methods developed both to re-district them from constantly changing historical districts to the 380 Local Authority Districts reported on by the 2011 census and to re-classify them to the 20 ‘Sections’ of the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification. This large dataset is then used to reveal new insights into the long-run evolution of geographical unevenness in the British economy. Initial analysis reported here maps the total percentage in the service sector for 1841, 1931, 1991 and 2011, with original data for key sectors presented for 1841, 1931 and 1991. While counts for individual districts and ‘Sections’ must be used carefully, overall trends appear robust: the localities of Britain have not just been moving steadily towards economies dominated by the service sector, they have steadily been becoming more similar.

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  • Paula Aucott & Humphrey Southall, 2022. "Service sector employment in Great Britain 1841–2011," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(3), pages 567-575, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:18:y:2022:i:3:p:567-575
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2022.2094291
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