Birkenhead County Borough (CB/MB) : Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

Data cube chart.

Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 70 Show data context 10 Show data context
Mining 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 1,080 Show data context 480 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 380 Show data context 30 Show data context
Chemicals 120 Show data context 50 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 90 Show data context 10 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 1,550 Show data context 240 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Electrical engineering 310 Show data context 160 Show data context
Shipbuilding 9,340 Show data context 340 Show data context
Vehicles 110 Show data context 40 Show data context
Other Metals 260 Show data context 140 Show data context
Textiles 60 Show data context 0 Show data context
Leather 320 Show data context 80 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 60 Show data context 680 Show data context
Bricks etc 650 Show data context 50 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 280 Show data context 40 Show data context
Paper, Printing 580 Show data context 140 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 160 Show data context 570 Show data context
Construction 2,770 Show data context 150 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 930 Show data context 130 Show data context
Transport 5,290 Show data context 480 Show data context
Distributive Trades 3,050 Show data context 4,320 Show data context
Finance 700 Show data context 710 Show data context
Professionals 1,700 Show data context 4,630 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 1,990 Show data context 3,770 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 2,440 Show data context 920 Show data context

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A University of Aberdeen project 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. Series A is for all individual 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 Administrative C...


ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birkenhead County Borough (CB/MB) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10027470/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 07th June 2026