Occupations of Females in Beeston, Nottinghamshire in 1851

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Occupations of Females in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, March 1851

Industry Group	Occupation Group	Females Analysed by Age
Industry Group	Occupation Group	All Ages	Under 6	6-10	11-15	16-20	21-30	31-50	51-70	>70
Construction	Building	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Land	Farming	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
.	Horticulture	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
.	Land Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manufacture	Mfr/W-sale - Food/drink	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Mfr/W-sale - Other	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
.	Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Labour - General	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Utilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Cycles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mining	Quarry, etc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Coal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Professional	Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Legal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Clergy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Medicine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
.	Education	9	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0
.	Government	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Services	Personal/Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Domestic	118	0	2	7	33	28	28	17	3
Textile	Lace	128	0	6	23	31	22	39	7	0
.	Hosiery	102	0	0	1	2	20	44	26	9
.	Cotton	19	0	1	7	3	2	3	3	0
.	Gloves, etc	16	0	1	0	1	6	6	2	0
.	Silk	258	1	22	87	82	51	14	1	0
.	Other textile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade	Retail - food/drink	10	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0
.	Retail - other	9	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	0
.	Crafts	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
.	Dress	50	0	0	0	11	22	15	2	0
Transport	Railway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Road	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.	Canal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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.	Total Employed	734	1	34	127	168	158	168	66	12
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.	Own Means	18	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	5
.	At School	162	30	101	26	5	0	0	0	0
.	Not Employed	664	209	33	28	30	77	174	95	18
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.	Overall Total	1578	240	168	181	203	236	346	169	35

The above table sets out our analysis of the female population of Beeston in March 1851, by industry/occupation and by age band. A similar table for the male population can be be seen by clicking here. Each of these tables have been prepared based on the principles described in connection with the overall population table which can be seen here.

The table can be used to observe and quantify certain characteristics and trends within the population and, in particular, within the female working population:
The employment rate amongst the female population is just under 58% of females over 15 who are in employment. This was a dramatic change since 10 years previously when it was just over 26%

The average age of the overall female population is 26.0 years

The average age of all female workers is 28.3 years; however, this varies considerable between industries and/or occupations

The average age of a female lace industry worker is 27.2 years
The average age of a female frame knitting worker is 43.6 years
The average age of a female silk worker is 18.4 years
The average age of the relatively few female workers on the land is 25.5 years
It is suggested that the relatively high average age of frame knitters, reflects their diminishing status in the commumity. Clearly, the lace industry was tending to attract those who were starting their working life. The very low average age for female silk workers (found also within male workers in that industry) appears to reflect its deliberate targeting of very low paid, very young workers some of whom may have been participants the part-time education facilities provided by the mill. As 74% of all female silk workers in the village were under 20 years of age and 94% were under 30, it seems unlikely that this industry, would have provided anything but secondary contributions to household incomes.
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