Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	163	62
Textiles & clothing	9,967	7,287
Wood & paper	282	28
Chemicals	73	1
Low tech	1,254	33
High tech.	780	5
Other	563	160

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	121	40
Textiles & clothing	1,254	1,280
Wood & paper	110	5
Chemicals	40	2
Low tech	303	1
High tech.	203	0
Other	201	17

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	153	55
Textiles & clothing	1,561	2,038
Wood & paper	135	7
Chemicals	94	2
Low tech	759	2
High tech.	500	1
Other	568	69

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	327
Textiles & clothing	6,038	8,465
Wood & paper	300	86
Chemicals	405	72
Low tech	1,222	45
High tech.	1,414	52
Other	632	69

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	413	234
Textiles & clothing	2,238	2,399
Wood & paper	347	70
Chemicals	117	5
Low tech	352	44
High tech.	597	30
Other	4,307	284

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	537	268
Textiles & clothing	3,211	2,779
Wood & paper	440	80
Chemicals	2,183	141
Low tech	442	59
High tech.	590	99
Other	4,092	761

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	721	291
Textiles & clothing	2,597	1,502
Wood & paper	784	137
Chemicals	2,058	462
Low tech	1,742	240
High tech.	5,294	837
Other	327	75

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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