Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	171	27
Textiles & clothing	959	685
Wood & paper	456	75
Chemicals	42	4
Low tech	8,624	4,584
High tech.	384	0
Other	226	16

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	223	32
Textiles & clothing	918	1,163
Wood & paper	385	6
Chemicals	93	3
Low tech	7,383	2,932
High tech.	418	1
Other	204	21

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	420	64
Textiles & clothing	728	1,607
Wood & paper	209	36
Chemicals	133	14
Low tech	13,200	8,176
High tech.	749	16
Other	1,113	127

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,107	394
Textiles & clothing	1,225	3,002
Wood & paper	835	72
Chemicals	418	42
Low tech	29,631	23,881
High tech.	3,342	13
Other	2,331	259

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,405	456
Textiles & clothing	840	2,342
Wood & paper	718	139
Chemicals	1,222	349
Low tech	24,991	29,248
High tech.	1,926	75
Other	1,102	466

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,680	754
Textiles & clothing	433	1,626
Wood & paper	917	245
Chemicals	4,826	1,243
Low tech	32,743	33,195
High tech.	3,294	374
Other	1,382	815

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,775	921
Textiles & clothing	380	1,761
Wood & paper	997	225
Chemicals	8,615	1,507
Low tech	23,644	21,147
High tech.	6,283	1,098
Other	821	357

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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