Reading 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 170 Show data context 10 Show data context
Mining 50 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 1,950 Show data context 760 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 20 Show data context 10 Show data context
Chemicals 210 Show data context 120 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 150 Show data context 10 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 2,510 Show data context 600 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 40 Show data context 60 Show data context
Electrical engineering 1,960 Show data context 950 Show data context
Shipbuilding 20 Show data context 0 Show data context
Vehicles 790 Show data context 120 Show data context
Other Metals 1,200 Show data context 890 Show data context
Textiles 70 Show data context 20 Show data context
Leather 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 200 Show data context 340 Show data context
Bricks etc 90 Show data context 80 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 960 Show data context 120 Show data context
Paper, Printing 2,060 Show data context 980 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 110 Show data context 50 Show data context
Construction 5,150 Show data context 370 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 1,280 Show data context 280 Show data context
Transport 5,500 Show data context 1,440 Show data context
Distributive Trades 5,350 Show data context 6,010 Show data context
Finance 2,330 Show data context 3,210 Show data context
Professionals 3,910 Show data context 7,050 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 3,760 Show data context 4,300 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 3,100 Show data context 2,030 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, Reading 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/10153384/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 05th June 2026