Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	32	10
Textiles & clothing	2,272	1,643
Wood & paper	55	6
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	269	7
High tech.	153	1
Other	86	36

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	483	102
Textiles & clothing	1,648	2,160
Wood & paper	354	6
Chemicals	178	7
Low tech	1,128	12
High tech.	1,883	6
Other	429	68

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	300	129
Textiles & clothing	752	1,274
Wood & paper	202	25
Chemicals	110	19
Low tech	459	11
High tech.	549	7
Other	729	207

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,025	1,185
Textiles & clothing	7,622	13,980
Wood & paper	983	266
Chemicals	918	613
Low tech	2,309	104
High tech.	4,300	80
Other	1,774	298

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,663	1,961
Textiles & clothing	2,169	2,910
Wood & paper	752	283
Chemicals	1,371	1,131
Low tech	1,291	472
High tech.	3,723	338
Other	1,314	344

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,351	1,836
Textiles & clothing	2,223	2,284
Wood & paper	1,023	218
Chemicals	1,112	462
Low tech	1,885	472
High tech.	7,332	1,123
Other	1,275	794

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,099	2,026
Textiles & clothing	2,405	2,056
Wood & paper	1,378	314
Chemicals	2,150	695
Low tech	3,802	1,683
High tech.	9,125	1,973
Other	829	344

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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