Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	535	31
Textiles & clothing	3,950	1,327
Wood & paper	270	15
Chemicals	38	2
Low tech	1,320	20
High tech.	827	6
Other	280	52

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	911	49
Textiles & clothing	3,105	3,340
Wood & paper	443	5
Chemicals	267	22
Low tech	1,634	14
High tech.	1,453	3
Other	490	32

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	590	40
Textiles & clothing	1,901	1,856
Wood & paper	163	9
Chemicals	184	15
Low tech	1,285	18
High tech.	795	5
Other	690	72

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	512	348
Textiles & clothing	3,092	3,359
Wood & paper	239	23
Chemicals	550	33
Low tech	1,664	33
High tech.	1,669	8
Other	921	48

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,368	269
Textiles & clothing	1,282	725
Wood & paper	841	71
Chemicals	740	125
Low tech	1,124	137
High tech.	2,064	145
Other	732	146

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,394	491
Textiles & clothing	922	1,085
Wood & paper	825	118
Chemicals	1,868	265
Low tech	1,614	160
High tech.	4,829	1,294
Other	536	263

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,384	281
Textiles & clothing	1,366	651
Wood & paper	848	146
Chemicals	2,677	326
Low tech	2,562	226
High tech.	8,924	993
Other	169	47

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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