Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	195	8
Textiles & clothing	930	733
Wood & paper	192	22
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	350	14
High tech.	208	2
Other	331	27

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	287	25
Textiles & clothing	1,154	2,120
Wood & paper	244	36
Chemicals	110	10
Low tech	519	2
High tech.	274	2
Other	407	61

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	362	42
Textiles & clothing	935	1,960
Wood & paper	213	88
Chemicals	85	2
Low tech	513	14
High tech.	450	7
Other	669	184

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	502	212
Textiles & clothing	923	2,264
Wood & paper	215	81
Chemicals	158	36
Low tech	661	21
High tech.	968	9
Other	1,017	152

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	853	183
Textiles & clothing	637	982
Wood & paper	255	33
Chemicals	168	55
Low tech	1,116	68
High tech.	754	44
Other	1,005	270

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	802	216
Textiles & clothing	396	758
Wood & paper	290	110
Chemicals	166	59
Low tech	828	141
High tech.	1,450	198
Other	1,031	397

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	821	251
Textiles & clothing	147	627
Wood & paper	310	154
Chemicals	78	48
Low tech	599	126
High tech.	1,854	251
Other	453	87

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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