Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	150	8
Textiles & clothing	666	349
Wood & paper	71	3
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	142	2
High tech.	111	3
Other	25	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	207	17
Textiles & clothing	394	507
Wood & paper	81	3
Chemicals	29	2
Low tech	238	3
High tech.	203	1
Other	81	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	257	29
Textiles & clothing	310	649
Wood & paper	109	25
Chemicals	73	31
Low tech	352	3
High tech.	434	4
Other	248	18

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	439	150
Textiles & clothing	408	1,540
Wood & paper	156	32
Chemicals	155	20
Low tech	1,042	7
High tech.	1,748	2
Other	432	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	632	310
Textiles & clothing	372	885
Wood & paper	158	8
Chemicals	37	7
Low tech	1,950	16
High tech.	2,618	177
Other	422	52

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	878	526
Textiles & clothing	183	746
Wood & paper	127	25
Chemicals	64	11
Low tech	2,113	81
High tech.	9,206	1,757
Other	345	168

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	650	315
Textiles & clothing	79	211
Wood & paper	355	55
Chemicals	577	207
Low tech	1,263	83
High tech.	13,380	1,802
Other	759	574

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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