Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	372	22
Textiles & clothing	1,949	1,272
Wood & paper	250	28
Chemicals	10	1
Low tech	523	8
High tech.	257	2
Other	147	89

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	577	37
Textiles & clothing	2,046	4,407
Wood & paper	309	1
Chemicals	61	4
Low tech	741	7
High tech.	330	1
Other	221	35

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	360	23
Textiles & clothing	1,265	2,959
Wood & paper	174	14
Chemicals	31	1
Low tech	506	4
High tech.	269	0
Other	370	104

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	566	123
Textiles & clothing	514	1,334
Wood & paper	159	4
Chemicals	32	6
Low tech	632	11
High tech.	562	0
Other	384	28

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	801	132
Textiles & clothing	775	905
Wood & paper	215	6
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	203	4
High tech.	721	29
Other	245	39

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	842	154
Textiles & clothing	631	654
Wood & paper	266	21
Chemicals	21	0
Low tech	346	13
High tech.	590	69
Other	405	121

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	596	86
Textiles & clothing	270	131
Wood & paper	242	21
Chemicals	60	20
Low tech	346	34
High tech.	1,450	234
Other	94	36

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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