Cambridge Municipal Borough (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 240 Show data context 30 Show data context
Mining 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Food 1,000 Show data context 310 Show data context
Coal & petroleum products 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Chemicals 180 Show data context 70 Show data context
Metal Manufacture 10 Show data context 0 Show data context
Mechanical Engineering 510 Show data context 40 Show data context
Instrument Engineering 1,900 Show data context 650 Show data context
Electrical engineering 2,090 Show data context 1,290 Show data context
Shipbuilding 60 Show data context 0 Show data context
Vehicles 1,350 Show data context 110 Show data context
Other Metals 90 Show data context 0 Show data context
Textiles 70 Show data context 120 Show data context
Leather 10 Show data context 20 Show data context
Clothing & Footwear 30 Show data context 30 Show data context
Bricks etc 120 Show data context 30 Show data context
Timber, Furniture 230 Show data context 30 Show data context
Paper, Printing 1,240 Show data context 520 Show data context
Other Manufacturing 170 Show data context 60 Show data context
Construction 4,360 Show data context 260 Show data context
Gas, Electricity, Water 380 Show data context 30 Show data context
Transport 3,030 Show data context 890 Show data context
Distributive Trades 4,170 Show data context 3,950 Show data context
Finance 1,230 Show data context 1,180 Show data context
Professionals 8,320 Show data context 9,100 Show data context
Miscellaneous Services 2,760 Show data context 3,660 Show data context
Public Administration & Defence 2,500 Show data context 1,280 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, Cambridge Municipal Borough (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/10201391/cube/SIC1968_SEX

Date accessed: 05th June 2026