Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	159	7
Textiles & clothing	824	643
Wood & paper	125	8
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	267	2
High tech.	106	1
Other	53	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	342	34
Textiles & clothing	958	1,603
Wood & paper	266	15
Chemicals	82	2
Low tech	588	2
High tech.	411	2
Other	204	25

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	208	16
Textiles & clothing	412	948
Wood & paper	71	8
Chemicals	50	1
Low tech	282	1
High tech.	113	1
Other	194	58

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	666	397
Textiles & clothing	1,562	3,890
Wood & paper	275	235
Chemicals	150	16
Low tech	791	24
High tech.	698	25
Other	823	172

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,182	652
Textiles & clothing	663	578
Wood & paper	351	136
Chemicals	204	41
Low tech	637	65
High tech.	758	75
Other	849	189

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	889	451
Textiles & clothing	323	354
Wood & paper	378	191
Chemicals	205	65
Low tech	662	139
High tech.	1,300	176
Other	966	162

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,348	543
Textiles & clothing	1,251	894
Wood & paper	1,090	160
Chemicals	1,084	188
Low tech	1,630	318
High tech.	3,902	487
Other	558	166

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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