Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 6,480 Show data context 1,470 Show data context
Mining 6,870 Show data context 400 Show data context
Food 14,420 Show data context 9,000 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 190 Show data context 40 Show data context
Chemicals 6,350 Show data context 3,000 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 27,780 Show data context 7,180 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 42,540 Show data context 11,540 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 2,140 Show data context 1,530 Show data context
Electrical engineering 40,370 Show data context 21,700 Show data context
Shipbuilding 1,860 Show data context 390 Show data context
Vehicles 139,350 Show data context 22,300 Show data context
Other Metals 53,900 Show data context 27,020 Show data context
Textiles 4,550 Show data context 4,080 Show data context
Leather 330 Show data context 490 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 1,300 Show data context 3,320 Show data context
Bricks etc 5,610 Show data context 970 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 5,530 Show data context 1,440 Show data context
Paper, Printing 10,570 Show data context 6,200 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 12,460 Show data context 5,860 Show data context
Construction 52,990 Show data context 4,130 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 10,540 Show data context 3,720 Show data context
Transport 36,320 Show data context 10,430 Show data context
Distributive Trades 51,350 Show data context 59,920 Show data context
Finance 15,140 Show data context 18,200 Show data context
Professionals 38,150 Show data context 75,780 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 33,870 Show data context 44,000 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 28,150 Show data context 16,990 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, Warwickshire AdmC through time | Industry Statistics | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10210379/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 14th November 2024