HC Deb 09 April 1987 vol 114 cc398-9W
Mr. David Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will express by sex the percentage of the Scottish population in each socio-economic group.

Mr. Lang

The latest information available comes from the 1981 census of population and is as follows:

Percentage of economically active persons in each socio-economic group, by sex, Scotland, 1981
Socio-economic group Percentages
Male Female
1 Employers and managers in central and local government, industry, commerce, etc.—large establishments 5.7 2.4
2 Employers and managers in industry, commerce, etc.—small establishments 5.6 2.6
3 Professional workers—self-employed 0.8 0.1
4 Professional workers—employees 4.2 0.9
5.1 Ancillary workers and artists 6.1 14.4
5.2 Foremen and supervisors—non-manual 0.7 1.0
6 Junior non-manual workers 8.5 35.7
7 Personal service workers 1.4 13.4
8 Foremen and supervisors—manual 3.8 0.7
9 Skilled manual workers 29.2 4.2
10 Semi-skilled manual workers 14.0 10.0
11 Unskilled manual workers 7.3 8.1
12 Own account workers (other than professional) 3.1 1.0
13 Farmers—employers and managers 1.0 0.1
14 Farmers—own account 0.8 0.1
15 Agricultural workers 2.0 0.4
16 Members of armed forces 1.4 0.1
17 Inadequately described occupations 4.3 4.7

Source: 1981 census of population (10 per cent. sample).

Note: The sum of the percentages may not be 100 due to rounding.

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