Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	17
Textiles & clothing	2,123	1,651
Wood & paper	323	20
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	689	5
High tech.	272	2
Other	138	29

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	527	38
Textiles & clothing	2,707	7,429
Wood & paper	340	16
Chemicals	55	2
Low tech	636	13
High tech.	243	0
Other	207	99

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	496	37
Textiles & clothing	2,319	6,092
Wood & paper	197	43
Chemicals	64	28
Low tech	508	5
High tech.	301	5
Other	469	379

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	725	181
Textiles & clothing	1,612	3,418
Wood & paper	284	111
Chemicals	98	7
Low tech	829	13
High tech.	684	16
Other	834	144

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,127	317
Textiles & clothing	2,823	4,013
Wood & paper	536	63
Chemicals	17	0
Low tech	378	7
High tech.	2,218	195
Other	392	158

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,557	476
Textiles & clothing	2,630	3,037
Wood & paper	403	90
Chemicals	61	21
Low tech	467	38
High tech.	3,728	639
Other	445	151

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,586	493
Textiles & clothing	1,552	914
Wood & paper	804	93
Chemicals	1,166	163
Low tech	848	72
High tech.	3,316	383
Other	515	100

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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