History &Policy connecting historians, policymakers and the media Editors: Alastair Reid (University of Cambridge) Simon Szreter (University of Cambridge)

The official social classification model created by the G.R.O. at the 1911 census

England and Wales Census 2001, Table SO42 Forms of Employment: Males Aged Higher Managerial & Professional Lower Managerial & Professional Intermediate Occupations Small Employers/Own Account Workers Lower Supervisors/Technical Workers Semi-routine occupations Routine Occupations Never worked/Long-Term Unemployed Not Classified 3.9 TOTAL (excluding ‘Not Classified’) 14.6 m ‘Working Class’ ( ) = 40 % of TOTAL ‘Middle Class’ ( ) = 60% of TOTAL