Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	56	4
Textiles & clothing	143	63
Wood & paper	36	3
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	58	2
High tech.	47	1
Other	15	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	42	11
Textiles & clothing	70	89
Wood & paper	31	1
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	61	0
High tech.	25	0
Other	20	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	60	8
Textiles & clothing	100	123
Wood & paper	24	3
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	217	3
High tech.	49	0
Other	57	7

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	143	25
Textiles & clothing	75	154
Wood & paper	60	5
Chemicals	7	1
Low tech	190	1
High tech.	120	1
Other	81	5

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	102	15
Textiles & clothing	61	54
Wood & paper	60	9
Chemicals	46	17
Low tech	282	15
High tech.	134	12
Other	37	9

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	88	15
Textiles & clothing	16	26
Wood & paper	102	4
Chemicals	135	82
Low tech	170	37
High tech.	207	52
Other	55	38

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	158	42
Textiles & clothing	57	28
Wood & paper	354	41
Chemicals	195	62
Low tech	673	95
High tech.	2,091	358
Other	201	72

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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