Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	162	0
Textiles & clothing	1,302	378
Wood & paper	92	3
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	379	1
High tech.	170	0
Other	51	27

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	231	8
Textiles & clothing	1,425	1,355
Wood & paper	106	5
Chemicals	29	0
Low tech	357	11
High tech.	182	0
Other	68	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	320	32
Textiles & clothing	1,611	1,950
Wood & paper	170	26
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	409	12
High tech.	141	0
Other	241	33

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	633	48
Textiles & clothing	1,779	2,809
Wood & paper	272	29
Chemicals	36	5
Low tech	724	39
High tech.	482	15
Other	299	57

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,045	164
Textiles & clothing	1,230	2,275
Wood & paper	335	73
Chemicals	4	2
Low tech	700	58
High tech.	700	82
Other	241	52

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,401	301
Textiles & clothing	1,251	2,293
Wood & paper	770	431
Chemicals	33	2
Low tech	926	81
High tech.	1,055	170
Other	195	77

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,301	163
Textiles & clothing	801	2,010
Wood & paper	834	311
Chemicals	84	50
Low tech	803	41
High tech.	1,405	253
Other	60	10

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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