Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	339	16
Textiles & clothing	784	396
Wood & paper	140	66
Chemicals	16	2
Low tech	376	13
High tech.	290	7
Other	85	7

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	515	50
Textiles & clothing	1,724	5,262
Wood & paper	175	4
Chemicals	32	4
Low tech	422	11
High tech.	236	1
Other	204	87

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	398	16
Textiles & clothing	874	4,146
Wood & paper	114	5
Chemicals	54	1
Low tech	459	6
High tech.	259	4
Other	356	137

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	428	109
Textiles & clothing	314	813
Wood & paper	137	10
Chemicals	179	46
Low tech	590	12
High tech.	739	19
Other	336	41

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	502	57
Textiles & clothing	902	1,738
Wood & paper	551	31
Chemicals	51	15
Low tech	2,840	191
High tech.	701	50
Other	180	29

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	436	70
Textiles & clothing	1,014	1,320
Wood & paper	569	98
Chemicals	69	85
Low tech	3,931	521
High tech.	596	62
Other	231	93

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	395	105
Textiles & clothing	296	215
Wood & paper	391	63
Chemicals	445	91
Low tech	884	85
High tech.	2,041	414
Other	444	155

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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