Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 170 Show data context 70 Show data context
Mining 1,290 Show data context 840 Show data context
Food 2,320 Show data context 1,320 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 1,340 Show data context 630 Show data context
Chemicals 3,430 Show data context 2,790 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 1,480 Show data context 1,080 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 6,630 Show data context 1,940 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 1,280 Show data context 410 Show data context
Electrical engineering 3,890 Show data context 2,010 Show data context
Shipbuilding 130 Show data context 20 Show data context
Vehicles 910 Show data context 290 Show data context
Other Metals 1,890 Show data context 760 Show data context
Textiles 2,120 Show data context 1,350 Show data context
Leather 1,030 Show data context 780 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 5,990 Show data context 7,910 Show data context
Bricks etc 1,620 Show data context 720 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 1,090 Show data context 340 Show data context
Paper, Printing 9,610 Show data context 7,400 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 1,260 Show data context 790 Show data context
Construction 16,510 Show data context 1,960 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 2,620 Show data context 990 Show data context
Transport 39,710 Show data context 13,720 Show data context
Distributive Trades 41,880 Show data context 38,210 Show data context
Finance 35,540 Show data context 34,300 Show data context
Professionals 36,950 Show data context 33,460 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 56,570 Show data context 48,790 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 46,020 Show data context 25,120 Show data context
Date: Source:
1971 1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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A project based at the University of Aberdeen and directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. The former is for Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administra...


tive Counties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s; in consequence, sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Lee's book provides a detailed discussion of the difference between the two series. Unfortunately, Lee did not list data for all individual counties: For Scotland, the original counties were aggregated to the regions of the 1975-96 period. For Wales, all counties were grouped into just 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. He did provide data for all individual Registration Counties in England, but his data for Administrative Counties merges the parts of Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Sussex. Given that these are derived data and that our system holds many of the original occupational tables he used, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, City of Westminster LB through time | Industry Statistics | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10098452/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 15th June 2024