Occupational Censuses and the Agricultural Workforce in Victorian England and Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4352397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Higgs (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 700-716 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1995.tb01440.x |
| OpenAlex | W1968153488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article discusses the difficulties in using nineteenth-century census data relating to occupations for the analysis of sectoral labour inputs. The under-recording of seasonal and women's work in the census shifts in occupational classifications, and the systematic removal from the occupied population of women workers is revealed. Reworking of the census figures suggests the possible need to increase the size ofthe agricultural workforce by between 30 and 40 per cent in the mid-Victorian period. A programme of work is suggested to establish a standardized occupational classification system for census data and to estimate labour inputs from farms
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Census · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Workforce · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Australian History and Society · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Rural development and sustainability
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,16 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |