Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	220	17
Textiles & clothing	1,667	424
Wood & paper	102	3
Chemicals	58	1
Low tech	648	30
High tech.	343	2
Other	98	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	311	43
Textiles & clothing	1,388	1,301
Wood & paper	165	1
Chemicals	68	6
Low tech	651	8
High tech.	323	1
Other	268	16

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	152	16
Textiles & clothing	743	695
Wood & paper	81	0
Chemicals	30	2
Low tech	409	3
High tech.	160	1
Other	146	13

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	141	76
Textiles & clothing	461	499
Wood & paper	45	3
Chemicals	75	3
Low tech	833	2
High tech.	418	1
Other	229	10

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	312	50
Textiles & clothing	261	110
Wood & paper	256	1
Chemicals	54	2
Low tech	214	1
High tech.	232	7
Other	115	17

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	499	95
Textiles & clothing	74	84
Wood & paper	230	5
Chemicals	46	2
Low tech	143	1
High tech.	421	34
Other	103	21

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	68
Textiles & clothing	120	75
Wood & paper	114	8
Chemicals	231	19
Low tech	478	23
High tech.	1,024	87
Other	39	5

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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