Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	1
Textiles & clothing	73	21
Wood & paper	23	3
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	40	0
High tech.	39	0
Other	9	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	73	7
Textiles & clothing	131	142
Wood & paper	89	78
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	174	3
High tech.	72	0
Other	29	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	178	14
Textiles & clothing	277	364
Wood & paper	80	36
Chemicals	103	5
Low tech	486	12
High tech.	336	4
Other	238	28

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	444	181
Textiles & clothing	410	1,033
Wood & paper	329	93
Chemicals	220	61
Low tech	929	21
High tech.	1,499	12
Other	800	77

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,062	331
Textiles & clothing	664	813
Wood & paper	626	94
Chemicals	814	347
Low tech	1,129	137
High tech.	7,772	1,062
Other	664	193

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	570	182
Textiles & clothing	607	657
Wood & paper	782	265
Chemicals	1,360	385
Low tech	1,307	190
High tech.	9,965	2,842
Other	671	348

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,370	590
Textiles & clothing	1,080	710
Wood & paper	1,030	250
Chemicals	1,830	800
Low tech	1,910	340
High tech.	6,910	2,570
Other	700	570

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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