Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 1,080 Show data context 153 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 2,040 Show data context 319 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 180 Show data context 26 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,650 Show data context 227 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,520 Show data context 296 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 5,400 Show data context 584 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 190 Show data context 36 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 1,460 Show data context 201 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 17,080 Show data context 1,668 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 9,570 Show data context 1,098 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 3,050 Show data context 255 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 1,020 Show data context 185 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 10 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 70 Show data context 4 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 110 Show data context 12 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 1,290 Show data context 76 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, Occupations County Leaflets, Table 5 , 'Socio-economic Group (Numbers and Proportions) of Economically Active Males and Economically Inactive Males (stating an occupation)', for 'AC, LAA, County Aggregates, Con, NT (10% sample)'
1971 Census of Population

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Occupational Data classified by Socio-Economic Group. This structure was used by the 1961 census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Luton CB/MB through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th September 2024