1961 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1961

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Reference ID

GBR_1961_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

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Socio-economic group (UK1961A_SEGROUP)

Data file: GBR1961_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 72

End: 73

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ra. [Name and business of employer]</p>
<div class="i1">State the name and business of the employer, but if self-employed write either "self-employed, employes others" or "self-employed without employees", and also the nature of the business: if a trading name is used give that name as well. See Notes 16, 19, 20, and 23.<br /><br />[Name and business] ____</div><p>Rb. [Occupation]</p>
<div class="i1">(i) For the employment given in column (a) given at (i) the precise occupation, showing where appropriate the material worked or dealt in, and for workers at mines whether employed mainly above or below ground. See note 21. ____<br /><br />(ii) If applicable write at (ii) "Apprentice", "Learner" (only if in skilled craft), "Articled pupil", "Student Apprentice", "Graduate Apprentice", or "Management Trainee". See note 22. ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Employers and managers in large companies
02	Employers and managers small companies
03	Self-employed workers (professional)
04	Employees (professional)
05	Non-manual workers (ancillary workers, artists, foremen, and supervisors)
06	Junior non-manual workers
07	Personal service workers
08	Manual workers (foremen and supervisors)
09	Skilled manual workers
10	Semi-skilled manual workers
11	Unskilled manual workers
12	Self-employed workers (non-professional)
13	Farmers (employers and managers)
14	Farmers (self-employed)
15	Agricultural workers
16	Members of armed forces
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's socio-economic group.

Universe

United Kingdom 1961: Persons age 15+ who are employed [discrepancies: none]

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Concept

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