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Table 2. Socio-Economic Group by Sex of Respondent

SEG Total % Male Female
1 Employers and managers - large 8.5 10.5 6.4
2 Employers and managers - small 9.0 11.5 6.4
3 Professionals - self-employed 1.0 1.6 0.3
4 Professionals - employees 4.2 6.6 1.6
5 Intermediate non-manual 15.1 11.8 18.6
6 Junior - non-manual 20.6 8.0 34.0
7 Personal service 6.5 2.8 10.5
8 Surpervisors, manual 4.1 7.2 0.7
9 Skilled manual 8.7 15.6 1.4
10 Semi-skilled manual 9.8 10.7 9.0
11 Unskilled manual 4.3 3.1 5.7
12 Own account non-professional 6.5 8.4 4.5
13 Farmers - employers and managers 0.4 0.6 0.3
14 Farmers - own account 0.4 0.7 0.2
15 Agricultural workers 0.6 0.7 0.5
16 Armed forces 0.2 0.4 0.0
Total 100.0 51.6 48.4