Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	103	6
Textiles & clothing	261	165
Wood & paper	71	19
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	107	3
High tech.	87	1
Other	34	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	228	26
Textiles & clothing	454	641
Wood & paper	165	13
Chemicals	30	2
Low tech	196	4
High tech.	94	3
Other	85	23

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	330	29
Textiles & clothing	544	737
Wood & paper	164	19
Chemicals	37	1
Low tech	344	10
High tech.	230	4
Other	331	57

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	578	146
Textiles & clothing	554	1,133
Wood & paper	260	31
Chemicals	61	6
Low tech	589	6
High tech.	702	3
Other	699	101

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	684	277
Textiles & clothing	434	562
Wood & paper	331	66
Chemicals	185	111
Low tech	399	55
High tech.	1,378	306
Other	557	149

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	582	308
Textiles & clothing	291	316
Wood & paper	258	78
Chemicals	143	101
Low tech	805	185
High tech.	1,914	645
Other	1,115	409

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	478	134
Textiles & clothing	150	89
Wood & paper	851	111
Chemicals	559	204
Low tech	1,695	248
High tech.	5,130	915
Other	514	185

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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