Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	102	6
Textiles & clothing	1,528	731
Wood & paper	60	3
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	284	10
High tech.	124	1
Other	33	10

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	180	10
Textiles & clothing	1,210	1,604
Wood & paper	108	3
Chemicals	27	2
Low tech	535	27
High tech.	167	1
Other	52	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	18
Textiles & clothing	776	1,587
Wood & paper	144	6
Chemicals	45	141
Low tech	748	114
High tech.	178	0
Other	278	17

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	337	93
Textiles & clothing	3,264	4,066
Wood & paper	124	36
Chemicals	95	25
Low tech	1,048	21
High tech.	1,013	10
Other	453	31

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	302	146
Textiles & clothing	1,088	2,961
Wood & paper	117	44
Chemicals	44	105
Low tech	1,802	299
High tech.	667	52
Other	122	67

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	420	491
Textiles & clothing	578	2,070
Wood & paper	141	19
Chemicals	83	147
Low tech	1,561	378
High tech.	1,233	146
Other	125	180

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	530	183
Textiles & clothing	1,707	1,578
Wood & paper	340	70
Chemicals	473	166
Low tech	1,262	126
High tech.	3,278	331
Other	177	78

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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