Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	142	13
Textiles & clothing	468	155
Wood & paper	70	0
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	147	2
High tech.	120	0
Other	38	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	188	12
Textiles & clothing	333	422
Wood & paper	59	0
Chemicals	20	0
Low tech	160	1
High tech.	94	1
Other	58	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	161	12
Textiles & clothing	226	354
Wood & paper	24	6
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	142	0
High tech.	75	1
Other	67	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	167	30
Textiles & clothing	238	252
Wood & paper	20	0
Chemicals	13	1
Low tech	170	3
High tech.	160	0
Other	102	5

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	135	14
Textiles & clothing	99	73
Wood & paper	50	0
Chemicals	1	1
Low tech	240	4
High tech.	296	13
Other	43	3

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	106	16
Textiles & clothing	89	244
Wood & paper	50	2
Chemicals	21	2
Low tech	337	28
High tech.	376	34
Other	40	99

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	119	2
Textiles & clothing	213	177
Wood & paper	36	1
Chemicals	69	10
Low tech	515	17
High tech.	570	42
Other	22	0

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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