Table 3. Male occupational structure (percentage) by sector in Dorset and England, around 1800.
Our sample: Dorset militia 1798–99* | Dorset 1801** | England 1801** | |
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Primary sector | 53.1 | 55.0 | 42.6 |
Secondary sector | 29.9 | 35.0 | 42.0 |
Tertiary sector | 17.0 | 10.0 | 15.4 |
Source: *authors’ own estimation; **Keibek 2017 (derived from probate inventories for 1801, using adjustment ratios for social bias calculated for 1813–20).