Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	452	54
Textiles & clothing	15,433	12,007
Wood & paper	542	26
Chemicals	39	3
Low tech	1,492	11
High tech.	1,068	36
Other	392	23

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	532	91
Textiles & clothing	10,568	11,141
Wood & paper	471	10
Chemicals	161	5
Low tech	1,892	19
High tech.	1,532	6
Other	375	48

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	622	141
Textiles & clothing	8,304	12,893
Wood & paper	409	99
Chemicals	189	5
Low tech	3,092	28
High tech.	3,507	15
Other	1,251	241

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,019	820
Textiles & clothing	7,909	12,960
Wood & paper	589	340
Chemicals	3,128	291
Low tech	3,919	121
High tech.	5,344	147
Other	1,617	201

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,458	692
Textiles & clothing	6,914	12,065
Wood & paper	919	395
Chemicals	1,081	135
Low tech	1,248	240
High tech.	8,846	159
Other	1,026	247

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,866	835
Textiles & clothing	6,364	11,747
Wood & paper	1,869	678
Chemicals	1,745	390
Low tech	924	197
High tech.	16,647	2,259
Other	778	355

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,788	778
Textiles & clothing	2,958	3,508
Wood & paper	1,761	349
Chemicals	7,454	1,275
Low tech	3,521	580
High tech.	18,396	2,336
Other	415	133

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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