Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 8,300 Show data context 851 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 17,620 Show data context 2,406 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 2,290 Show data context 306 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 5,900 Show data context 947 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 8,190 Show data context 1,382 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 26,990 Show data context 2,792 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 3,680 Show data context 337 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 3,710 Show data context 467 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 45,530 Show data context 4,249 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 19,610 Show data context 1,898 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 11,600 Show data context 1,028 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 10,850 Show data context 1,572 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 2,470 Show data context 202 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 1,750 Show data context 138 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 6,560 Show data context 380 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 1,910 Show data context 91 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 3,830 Show data context 301 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, East Sussex AdmC through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024