Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,315	144
Textiles & clothing	6,297	3,878
Wood & paper	878	256
Chemicals	71	7
Low tech	4,302	885
High tech.	2,503	14
Other	535	32

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,181	229
Textiles & clothing	4,336	8,021
Wood & paper	875	25
Chemicals	180	54
Low tech	3,985	2,648
High tech.	1,691	5
Other	564	73

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	594	115
Textiles & clothing	3,055	7,453
Wood & paper	570	55
Chemicals	232	153
Low tech	2,886	299
High tech.	2,002	17
Other	2,148	238

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,622	544
Textiles & clothing	2,316	7,444
Wood & paper	528	7
Chemicals	354	788
Low tech	2,774	15
High tech.	3,396	5
Other	2,217	107

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,906	368
Textiles & clothing	1,422	1,894
Wood & paper	1,175	27
Chemicals	197	250
Low tech	1,145	34
High tech.	4,566	108
Other	811	119

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,200	627
Textiles & clothing	664	1,417
Wood & paper	956	133
Chemicals	320	143
Low tech	2,218	75
High tech.	6,581	329
Other	788	209

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,996	311
Textiles & clothing	1,321	910
Wood & paper	735	74
Chemicals	358	84
Low tech	1,738	204
High tech.	8,075	901
Other	626	125

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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