Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	82	3
Textiles & clothing	195	61
Wood & paper	59	8
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	103	1
High tech.	100	0
Other	29	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	122	10
Textiles & clothing	264	339
Wood & paper	192	260
Chemicals	24	3
Low tech	219	4
High tech.	148	0
Other	60	9

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	278	37
Textiles & clothing	501	908
Wood & paper	248	254
Chemicals	135	6
Low tech	414	14
High tech.	236	2
Other	532	101

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	805	398
Textiles & clothing	740	2,232
Wood & paper	608	223
Chemicals	306	126
Low tech	1,633	32
High tech.	2,330	6
Other	1,412	179

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,380	456
Textiles & clothing	1,352	1,552
Wood & paper	1,679	321
Chemicals	602	218
Low tech	1,000	136
High tech.	2,941	521
Other	2,109	492

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,242	519
Textiles & clothing	606	667
Wood & paper	633	169
Chemicals	995	703
Low tech	1,507	374
High tech.	5,913	3,346
Other	2,206	1,001

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	720	330
Textiles & clothing	260	550
Wood & paper	730	110
Chemicals	2,000	1,190
Low tech	960	340
High tech.	6,850	2,860
Other	700	200

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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