Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	473	25
Textiles & clothing	3,240	1,965
Wood & paper	257	9
Chemicals	22	1
Low tech	569	2
High tech.	418	3
Other	377	72

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	270	11
Textiles & clothing	888	1,270
Wood & paper	165	35
Chemicals	36	2
Low tech	394	3
High tech.	156	2
Other	109	43

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	138	6
Textiles & clothing	405	580
Wood & paper	92	27
Chemicals	14	3
Low tech	402	3
High tech.	189	4
Other	127	127

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	370	105
Textiles & clothing	685	879
Wood & paper	83	34
Chemicals	67	40
Low tech	377	2
High tech.	305	3
Other	306	91

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	667	203
Textiles & clothing	825	778
Wood & paper	158	44
Chemicals	32	7
Low tech	275	16
High tech.	728	58
Other	265	66

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	641	229
Textiles & clothing	591	814
Wood & paper	190	46
Chemicals	44	10
Low tech	329	88
High tech.	1,364	123
Other	382	70

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,082	466
Textiles & clothing	332	488
Wood & paper	381	81
Chemicals	430	179
Low tech	516	60
High tech.	2,120	407
Other	400	88

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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