Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	75	4
Textiles & clothing	1,156	440
Wood & paper	55	0
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	171	2
High tech.	85	1
Other	108	160

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	49	5
Textiles & clothing	859	699
Wood & paper	22	0
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	108	1
High tech.	50	0
Other	24	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	90	5
Textiles & clothing	746	1,068
Wood & paper	60	2
Chemicals	32	1
Low tech	295	0
High tech.	158	3
Other	227	129

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	358	122
Textiles & clothing	1,150	2,129
Wood & paper	133	15
Chemicals	153	32
Low tech	705	157
High tech.	750	42
Other	541	53

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	282	107
Textiles & clothing	1,229	2,368
Wood & paper	90	44
Chemicals	46	9
Low tech	507	845
High tech.	486	56
Other	220	50

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	636	228
Textiles & clothing	1,642	3,048
Wood & paper	111	36
Chemicals	53	10
Low tech	866	1,275
High tech.	863	432
Other	342	113

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,114	434
Textiles & clothing	1,636	4,193
Wood & paper	176	31
Chemicals	172	45
Low tech	1,843	1,091
High tech.	1,642	345
Other	261	117

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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