Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	459	30
Textiles & clothing	3,076	1,825
Wood & paper	397	9
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	886	132
High tech.	407	10
Other	123	8

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	525	42
Textiles & clothing	1,227	1,885
Wood & paper	254	11
Chemicals	61	3
Low tech	482	8
High tech.	240	0
Other	177	39

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	408	30
Textiles & clothing	601	1,036
Wood & paper	124	12
Chemicals	41	2
Low tech	353	14
High tech.	168	2
Other	219	33

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	447	133
Textiles & clothing	1,067	1,635
Wood & paper	185	46
Chemicals	73	16
Low tech	789	114
High tech.	611	15
Other	477	83

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	470	65
Textiles & clothing	291	251
Wood & paper	167	9
Chemicals	8	5
Low tech	370	5
High tech.	364	11
Other	137	26

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	424	96
Textiles & clothing	102	73
Wood & paper	90	9
Chemicals	24	5
Low tech	352	57
High tech.	951	153
Other	198	64

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	329	86
Textiles & clothing	480	129
Wood & paper	414	83
Chemicals	709	99
Low tech	576	66
High tech.	6,571	507
Other	239	43

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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