Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	11
Textiles & clothing	2,086	1,554
Wood & paper	49	5
Chemicals	12	0
Low tech	240	6
High tech.	143	1
Other	83	31

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	77	39
Textiles & clothing	3,722	3,226
Wood & paper	49	0
Chemicals	48	2
Low tech	366	1
High tech.	177	19
Other	87	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	244	50
Textiles & clothing	8,620	11,569
Wood & paper	178	24
Chemicals	243	5
Low tech	1,073	10
High tech.	765	12
Other	866	70

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	699	578
Textiles & clothing	16,978	23,790
Wood & paper	386	73
Chemicals	265	68
Low tech	2,201	26
High tech.	1,877	57
Other	1,357	104

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	811	599
Textiles & clothing	11,323	16,182
Wood & paper	422	66
Chemicals	231	71
Low tech	1,275	48
High tech.	1,632	110
Other	933	146

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	678	384
Textiles & clothing	6,734	11,916
Wood & paper	552	99
Chemicals	466	126
Low tech	2,225	496
High tech.	4,543	1,202
Other	1,044	358

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	267	153
Textiles & clothing	2,164	2,884
Wood & paper	585	95
Chemicals	1,658	324
Low tech	2,323	870
High tech.	6,244	2,921
Other	491	173

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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