Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	447	16
Textiles & clothing	1,910	2,134
Wood & paper	274	20
Chemicals	22	2
Low tech	502	8
High tech.	341	7
Other	559	81

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	648	75
Textiles & clothing	1,864	4,025
Wood & paper	331	29
Chemicals	139	10
Low tech	648	29
High tech.	430	1
Other	730	148

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	630	67
Textiles & clothing	1,309	3,080
Wood & paper	312	84
Chemicals	111	9
Low tech	569	12
High tech.	476	7
Other	1,104	209

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,011	269
Textiles & clothing	1,539	3,732
Wood & paper	294	121
Chemicals	159	27
Low tech	958	14
High tech.	1,131	6
Other	1,369	223

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,197	410
Textiles & clothing	933	1,598
Wood & paper	513	183
Chemicals	224	82
Low tech	364	33
High tech.	2,096	117
Other	1,915	676

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,481	1,665
Textiles & clothing	529	891
Wood & paper	866	405
Chemicals	214	79
Low tech	360	74
High tech.	3,179	479
Other	2,440	1,058

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,179	398
Textiles & clothing	1,203	869
Wood & paper	699	84
Chemicals	846	117
Low tech	778	85
High tech.	5,467	1,200
Other	674	191

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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