Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	147	12
Textiles & clothing	3,195	2,188
Wood & paper	180	11
Chemicals	22	1
Low tech	960	38
High tech.	307	3
Other	101	31

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	155	49
Textiles & clothing	9,240	9,332
Wood & paper	256	52
Chemicals	102	4
Low tech	1,088	8
High tech.	557	30
Other	160	33

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	97	42
Textiles & clothing	4,874	6,236
Wood & paper	283	140
Chemicals	78	0
Low tech	374	5
High tech.	347	5
Other	518	58

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	266	161
Textiles & clothing	2,260	3,617
Wood & paper	208	124
Chemicals	229	21
Low tech	2,053	210
High tech.	1,086	13
Other	626	39

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	334	237
Textiles & clothing	5,553	4,938
Wood & paper	613	213
Chemicals	310	18
Low tech	939	112
High tech.	533	21
Other	607	100

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	467	401
Textiles & clothing	6,522	4,486
Wood & paper	734	155
Chemicals	271	76
Low tech	1,387	223
High tech.	509	45
Other	335	175

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	327	149
Textiles & clothing	1,400	1,186
Wood & paper	455	66
Chemicals	919	139
Low tech	2,758	310
High tech.	1,449	246
Other	221	84

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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