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

Standardised Industrial Classification (1968) by Sex

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Data for 1971 Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968) Male Female
Agriculture 250 Show data context 100 Show data context
Mining 130 Show data context 10 Show data context
Food 2,030 Show data context 1,440 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 130 Show data context 20 Show data context
Chemicals 170 Show data context 50 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 360 Show data context 100 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 3,490 Show data context 1,580 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 400 Show data context 810 Show data context
Electrical engineering 1,320 Show data context 1,400 Show data context
Shipbuilding 10,610 Show data context 240 Show data context
Vehicles 240 Show data context 40 Show data context
Other Metals 300 Show data context 30 Show data context
Textiles 60 Show data context 80 Show data context
Leather 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 670 Show data context 1,960 Show data context
Bricks etc 640 Show data context 20 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 810 Show data context 130 Show data context
Paper, Printing 830 Show data context 200 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 130 Show data context 50 Show data context
Construction 7,080 Show data context 370 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 1,690 Show data context 370 Show data context
Transport 5,950 Show data context 940 Show data context
Distributive Trades 6,840 Show data context 8,150 Show data context
Finance 1,260 Show data context 1,640 Show data context
Professionals 4,010 Show data context 6,620 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 4,260 Show data context 5,890 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 18,190 Show data context 2,650 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, Plymouth 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/10173395/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 06th June 2026