Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,288	188
Textiles & clothing	13,134	8,332
Wood & paper	2,201	179
Chemicals	306	44
Low tech	36,082	4,384
High tech.	6,316	142
Other	7,827	2,449

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,199	446
Textiles & clothing	16,359	22,580
Wood & paper	2,833	538
Chemicals	1,381	82
Low tech	57,933	10,819
High tech.	12,472	215
Other	6,548	3,084

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,510	1,174
Textiles & clothing	15,646	26,291
Wood & paper	3,253	1,942
Chemicals	2,245	712
Low tech	98,743	24,459
High tech.	18,913	768
Other	20,882	10,391

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	10,647	6,535
Textiles & clothing	23,401	41,496
Wood & paper	5,386	4,692
Chemicals	6,496	3,076
Low tech	145,266	46,551
High tech.	70,455	8,548
Other	21,502	10,977

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	19,165	11,398
Textiles & clothing	15,479	31,387
Wood & paper	4,837	4,152
Chemicals	11,331	6,059
Low tech	149,234	56,460
High tech.	116,535	34,709
Other	28,746	19,423

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	22,359	13,973
Textiles & clothing	13,502	23,331
Wood & paper	6,772	4,357
Chemicals	23,227	7,002
Low tech	195,028	80,644
High tech.	255,405	77,951
Other	26,915	19,641

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	19,722	11,870
Textiles & clothing	7,923	12,333
Wood & paper	7,092	3,625
Chemicals	28,641	10,592
Low tech	196,064	72,543
High tech.	265,757	76,012
Other	14,945	9,207

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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