the Isle of Wight Administrative County (pre-1974) : 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 1,240 Show data context 300 Show data context
Mining 50 Show data context 20 Show data context
Food 450 Show data context 190 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 0 Show data context 10 Show data context
Chemicals 210 Show data context 80 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 200 Show data context 30 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 680 Show data context 110 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 60 Show data context 10 Show data context
Electrical engineering 1,200 Show data context 510 Show data context
Shipbuilding 560 Show data context 30 Show data context
Vehicles 2,100 Show data context 400 Show data context
Other Metals 900 Show data context 340 Show data context
Textiles 70 Show data context 50 Show data context
Leather 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 50 Show data context 170 Show data context
Bricks etc 110 Show data context 0 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 350 Show data context 20 Show data context
Paper, Printing 360 Show data context 230 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 290 Show data context 190 Show data context
Construction 3,350 Show data context 90 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 620 Show data context 70 Show data context
Transport 2,170 Show data context 270 Show data context
Distributive Trades 2,790 Show data context 3,240 Show data context
Finance 470 Show data context 450 Show data context
Professionals 1,610 Show data context 3,380 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 3,180 Show data context 3,540 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 2,500 Show data context 580 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, the Isle of Wight Administrative County (pre-1974) 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/10134791/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 02nd August 2026