Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 970 Show data context 88 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 1,480 Show data context 171 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 310 Show data context 28 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 1,910 Show data context 206 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 1,280 Show data context 190 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 4,460 Show data context 361 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 850 Show data context 106 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 960 Show data context 87 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 9,130 Show data context 750 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 5,110 Show data context 512 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 2,490 Show data context 205 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 800 Show data context 113 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 10 Show data context 2 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 10 Show data context 1 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 60 Show data context 7 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 160 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 960 Show data context 69 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, Oxford CB/MB through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th May 2024