Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	55	2
Textiles & clothing	124	148
Wood & paper	54	159
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	55	1
High tech.	51	1
Other	19	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	104	8
Textiles & clothing	180	395
Wood & paper	156	89
Chemicals	8	1
Low tech	95	3
High tech.	63	0
Other	27	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	12
Textiles & clothing	185	324
Wood & paper	191	148
Chemicals	9	0
Low tech	110	2
High tech.	73	0
Other	127	34

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	143	49
Textiles & clothing	149	344
Wood & paper	89	54
Chemicals	45	22
Low tech	132	4
High tech.	154	2
Other	186	70

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	215	98
Textiles & clothing	118	103
Wood & paper	341	221
Chemicals	85	48
Low tech	123	6
High tech.	266	35
Other	423	101

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	456	343
Textiles & clothing	59	62
Wood & paper	1,098	406
Chemicals	121	80
Low tech	289	87
High tech.	1,793	306
Other	409	250

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	358	118
Textiles & clothing	110	157
Wood & paper	457	75
Chemicals	1,145	382
Low tech	1,129	169
High tech.	4,262	829
Other	521	181

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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