Socio-Economic Group (males only)

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Socio-Economic Groups 1961 1971
SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments 270 Show data context 48 Show data context
SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments 620 Show data context 129 Show data context
SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed 80 Show data context 11 Show data context
SEG 4: Professional workers - employees 170 Show data context 84 Show data context
SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers 270 Show data context 84 Show data context
SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers 760 Show data context 132 Show data context
SEG 7: Personal service workers 70 Show data context 13 Show data context
SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual 130 Show data context 20 Show data context
SEG 9: Skilled manual workers 1,920 Show data context 274 Show data context
SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers 770 Show data context 96 Show data context
SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers 560 Show data context 54 Show data context
SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) 380 Show data context 92 Show data context
SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers 370 Show data context 19 Show data context
SEG 14: Farmers - own account 280 Show data context 16 Show data context
SEG 15: Agricultural workers 920 Show data context 56 Show data context
SEG 16: Members of armed forces 390 Show data context 21 Show data context
SEG 17: Indefinite 80 Show data context 13 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, Wimborne and Cranborne RD through time | Social Structure Statistics | Socio-Economic Group (males only), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th May 2024