Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	151	19
Textiles & clothing	709	258
Wood & paper	201	5
Chemicals	49	2
Low tech	4,329	542
High tech.	917	5
Other	212	36

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	401	40
Textiles & clothing	1,078	1,484
Wood & paper	255	10
Chemicals	303	15
Low tech	9,040	1,789
High tech.	1,503	4
Other	271	57

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	566	81
Textiles & clothing	869	1,865
Wood & paper	297	41
Chemicals	423	137
Low tech	16,555	3,490
High tech.	2,691	35
Other	2,601	358

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,658	582
Textiles & clothing	2,779	5,342
Wood & paper	694	441
Chemicals	807	259
Low tech	27,700	6,849
High tech.	9,535	572
Other	2,731	1,195

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,821	1,667
Textiles & clothing	912	2,938
Wood & paper	645	669
Chemicals	1,783	595
Low tech	35,275	11,260
High tech.	12,758	3,983
Other	2,270	2,788

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,579	2,166
Textiles & clothing	685	1,935
Wood & paper	841	484
Chemicals	3,781	879
Low tech	50,431	17,511
High tech.	25,533	7,997
Other	2,361	2,379

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,790	2,201
Textiles & clothing	482	1,118
Wood & paper	995	399
Chemicals	4,002	1,881
Low tech	52,035	16,506
High tech.	22,591	9,553
Other	2,345	1,235

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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