Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	219	15
Textiles & clothing	1,420	841
Wood & paper	183	4
Chemicals	12	2
Low tech	443	106
High tech.	199	4
Other	109	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	367	27
Textiles & clothing	1,132	1,842
Wood & paper	230	24
Chemicals	68	3
Low tech	531	10
High tech.	339	1
Other	298	40

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	160	9
Textiles & clothing	267	515
Wood & paper	102	65
Chemicals	26	0
Low tech	189	5
High tech.	126	1
Other	106	19

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	68
Textiles & clothing	519	847
Wood & paper	90	24
Chemicals	34	8
Low tech	352	49
High tech.	286	5
Other	228	41

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	295	72
Textiles & clothing	65	99
Wood & paper	121	31
Chemicals	26	8
Low tech	108	4
High tech.	305	17
Other	125	46

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	459	185
Textiles & clothing	28	59
Wood & paper	151	68
Chemicals	38	7
Low tech	143	47
High tech.	6,306	923
Other	1,064	679

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	320	82
Textiles & clothing	441	118
Wood & paper	390	76
Chemicals	660	90
Low tech	533	58
High tech.	6,137	463
Other	225	39

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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