Worcestershire Administrative County (pre-1974) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)

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Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)

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Registrar General's Social Class	1951	1961	1971
Class 1	4,793	7,680	1,024
Class 2	26,705	26,666	3,842
Class 3	99,920	88,416	10,724
Class 4	31,013	31,818	3,962
Class 5	22,997	12,442	1,468
Class not stated			332

Date	Source
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 27 , 'Social Class distribution of Occupied and Retired Males aged 15 and over', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD'
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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Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.

Worcestershire Administrative County (pre-1974) : Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)

Registrar-General's Social Class (Males only)