Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 550 Show data context 58 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,930 Show data context 204 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 430 Show data context 39 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 350 Show data context 75 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,310 Show data context 136 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 2,800 Show data context 215 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 260 Show data context 36 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 540 Show data context 82 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 5,820 Show data context 651 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 2,770 Show data context 296 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 3,160 Show data context 304 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 1,340 Show data context 163 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 1,240 Show data context 112 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 2,980 Show data context 183 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 1,720 Show data context 132 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1,890 Show data context 48 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 870 Show data context 62 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, Pembrokeshire AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd May 2024