Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	296	23
Textiles & clothing	1,648	599
Wood & paper	181	2
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	619	8
High tech.	378	2
Other	548	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	278	31
Textiles & clothing	1,051	1,012
Wood & paper	174	3
Chemicals	100	7
Low tech	689	10
High tech.	375	1
Other	405	30

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	494	86
Textiles & clothing	1,070	1,370
Wood & paper	268	19
Chemicals	170	24
Low tech	1,593	12
High tech.	1,217	7
Other	1,046	146

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,127	2,442
Textiles & clothing	1,011	1,345
Wood & paper	360	186
Chemicals	241	28
Low tech	1,694	24
High tech.	2,589	3
Other	1,098	186

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,707	3,990
Textiles & clothing	612	394
Wood & paper	330	14
Chemicals	222	38
Low tech	588	55
High tech.	2,901	139
Other	1,549	349

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,960	5,658
Textiles & clothing	314	254
Wood & paper	267	200
Chemicals	780	227
Low tech	841	118
High tech.	4,552	263
Other	1,839	787

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,091	4,716
Textiles & clothing	407	225
Wood & paper	406	23
Chemicals	362	120
Low tech	1,909	251
High tech.	4,155	360
Other	539	252

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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