Summary. Distribution of the Population. 1. At mid-1943, out of over 33 million persons of working age (14–34) over 223/4 million (15 million men and 73/4 million women) were engaged in some form of employment or service (para. 3). 2. Over 23/4 million persons—500,000 men and over 21/2 million women—in the "non-industrial" section of the population before the War are now engaged in some form of employment or service (para. 7). 3. During the last year (ended the 30th June, 1943) net recruitment of women from the non-industrial section amounted to 433,000, as compared with 796,000 in 1941–42 (para.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/14/29
- Document Types
- Report Statistical Publication
- File Reference
- CAB 71/14
- Former Department Reference
- LP(43) 243
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000014.029
- Keywords
- Agriculture Censuses Civil Defence Demographics Employment Industrial Workers Industry Insurance Labour Supply Local Authorities Miners Mining Munitions Pensions Population Decline Population Distribution Population Growth Youths
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee Ministry of Labour and National Service
- Pages
- 33
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Labour Supply Relations
