Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	192	7
Textiles & clothing	446	128
Wood & paper	137	19
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	241	3
High tech.	237	1
Other	56	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	261	21
Textiles & clothing	475	641
Wood & paper	158	0
Chemicals	31	1
Low tech	968	15
High tech.	224	4
Other	74	8

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	313	33
Textiles & clothing	415	720
Wood & paper	281	17
Chemicals	166	36
Low tech	2,863	17
High tech.	1,442	2
Other	611	38

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	540	167
Textiles & clothing	465	912
Wood & paper	466	124
Chemicals	199	61
Low tech	1,260	13
High tech.	1,506	2
Other	845	65

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	658	110
Textiles & clothing	198	282
Wood & paper	1,553	47
Chemicals	345	53
Low tech	3,211	91
High tech.	2,741	37
Other	940	61

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	605	382
Textiles & clothing	76	374
Wood & paper	3,452	402
Chemicals	309	121
Low tech	2,271	228
High tech.	2,929	150
Other	178	116

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	459	171
Textiles & clothing	121	141
Wood & paper	1,787	253
Chemicals	1,155	333
Low tech	1,389	139
High tech.	2,314	347
Other	363	70

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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