Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	343	34
Textiles & clothing	1,717	1,420
Wood & paper	235	19
Chemicals	14	1
Low tech	553	5
High tech.	266	2
Other	139	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	225	41
Textiles & clothing	795	1,170
Wood & paper	133	3
Chemicals	22	4
Low tech	495	101
High tech.	210	0
Other	65	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	110	19
Textiles & clothing	608	793
Wood & paper	81	8
Chemicals	34	0
Low tech	347	5
High tech.	186	0
Other	206	25

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	254	70
Textiles & clothing	357	753
Wood & paper	107	36
Chemicals	26	3
Low tech	311	11
High tech.	253	1
Other	189	25

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	254	56
Textiles & clothing	203	79
Wood & paper	158	4
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	102	2
High tech.	254	10
Other	75	1

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	267	60
Textiles & clothing	52	32
Wood & paper	93	4
Chemicals	17	0
Low tech	155	2
High tech.	194	10
Other	66	15

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	299	43
Textiles & clothing	280	135
Wood & paper	237	15
Chemicals	56	18
Low tech	238	36
High tech.	605	60
Other	104	16

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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