Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	317	15
Textiles & clothing	1,427	460
Wood & paper	285	2
Chemicals	78	6
Low tech	6,906	1,536
High tech.	826	5
Other	287	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	377	36
Textiles & clothing	1,233	1,705
Wood & paper	254	4
Chemicals	157	3
Low tech	10,681	3,241
High tech.	1,245	4
Other	202	54

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	490	61
Textiles & clothing	1,163	2,000
Wood & paper	206	24
Chemicals	171	13
Low tech	12,608	5,194
High tech.	1,409	13
Other	1,580	218

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,038	337
Textiles & clothing	2,499	4,286
Wood & paper	354	138
Chemicals	457	89
Low tech	13,587	3,003
High tech.	3,333	147
Other	1,622	464

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,675	635
Textiles & clothing	1,334	3,146
Wood & paper	306	122
Chemicals	320	116
Low tech	22,280	7,040
High tech.	4,985	1,600
Other	778	760

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,434	751
Textiles & clothing	984	3,333
Wood & paper	407	219
Chemicals	403	123
Low tech	23,374	7,216
High tech.	8,435	2,575
Other	817	776

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,415	896
Textiles & clothing	703	2,319
Wood & paper	789	201
Chemicals	1,024	526
Low tech	21,714	7,886
High tech.	12,289	5,428
Other	974	686

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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