Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	150	32
Textiles & clothing	6,574	2,096
Wood & paper	191	36
Chemicals	46	0
Low tech	836	18
High tech.	487	3
Other	566	224

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	617	184
Textiles & clothing	28,185	14,776
Wood & paper	303	17
Chemicals	549	9
Low tech	2,124	42
High tech.	1,286	40
Other	547	53

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,002	256
Textiles & clothing	31,815	30,535
Wood & paper	565	572
Chemicals	601	44
Low tech	3,434	81
High tech.	3,680	64
Other	3,495	781

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,330	1,300
Textiles & clothing	30,162	35,683
Wood & paper	918	277
Chemicals	1,577	138
Low tech	6,767	261
High tech.	7,570	111
Other	3,749	510

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,045	927
Textiles & clothing	35,443	35,743
Wood & paper	993	173
Chemicals	3,384	666
Low tech	4,994	288
High tech.	7,442	587
Other	1,900	639

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,008	803
Textiles & clothing	31,467	28,789
Wood & paper	1,080	354
Chemicals	6,591	1,316
Low tech	3,910	536
High tech.	16,197	2,269
Other	2,066	956

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,457	577
Textiles & clothing	12,934	9,929
Wood & paper	1,575	397
Chemicals	4,969	1,200
Low tech	5,768	750
High tech.	15,250	2,275
Other	1,294	458

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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