Socio-Economic Group
| Socio-Economic Groups | 1991 |
|---|---|
| SEG 1: Employers & managers - large establishments |
23,509
|
| SEG 2: Employers & managers - small establishments |
43,064
|
| SEG 3: Professional workers - self-employed |
4,545
|
| SEG 4: Professional workers - employees |
17,599
|
| SEG 5: Intermediate non-manual workers |
80,728
|
| SEG 6: Junior non-manual workers |
127,713
|
| SEG 7: Personal service workers |
30,359
|
| SEG 8: Foremen & supervisors - manual |
9,951
|
| SEG 9: Skilled manual workers |
97,530
|
| SEG 10: Semi-skilled manual workers |
76,969
|
| SEG 11: Unskilled manual workers |
45,012
|
| SEG 12: Own account workers (other than professional) |
29,455
|
| SEG 13: Farmers - employers & managers |
3,338
|
| SEG 14: Farmers - own account |
15,297
|
| SEG 15: Agricultural workers |
4,924
|
| SEG 17: Indefinite |
0
|
| Date | Source |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S92N SEG and economic position: Economically active residents) |
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Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.
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