Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 50 Show data context 40 Show data context
Mining 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 120 Show data context 80 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 30 Show data context 0 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 470 Show data context 30 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 30 Show data context 0 Show data context
Electrical engineering 130 Show data context 70 Show data context
Shipbuilding 130 Show data context 10 Show data context
Vehicles 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Other Metals 60 Show data context 0 Show data context
Textiles 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Leather 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 20 Show data context 120 Show data context
Bricks etc 100 Show data context 40 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 240 Show data context 50 Show data context
Paper, Printing 1,230 Show data context 150 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Construction 1,280 Show data context 60 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 90 Show data context 30 Show data context
Transport 1,810 Show data context 100 Show data context
Distributive Trades 1,690 Show data context 2,200 Show data context
Finance 240 Show data context 310 Show data context
Professionals 710 Show data context 1,520 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 770 Show data context 1,130 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 550 Show data context 220 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, Gravesend MB through time | Industry Statistics | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10042124/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 03rd October 2024