Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	38	2
Textiles & clothing	81	39
Wood & paper	34	144
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	37	1
High tech.	36	1
Other	6	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	116	7
Textiles & clothing	160	234
Wood & paper	34	2
Chemicals	20	0
Low tech	241	3
High tech.	91	0
Other	66	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	82	9
Textiles & clothing	75	132
Wood & paper	18	3
Chemicals	27	3
Low tech	145	6
High tech.	51	1
Other	65	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	202	85
Textiles & clothing	206	406
Wood & paper	144	87
Chemicals	76	32
Low tech	172	7
High tech.	185	3
Other	281	90

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	146	53
Textiles & clothing	83	164
Wood & paper	182	48
Chemicals	121	55
Low tech	221	11
High tech.	290	134
Other	204	84

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	117	34
Textiles & clothing	59	94
Wood & paper	168	58
Chemicals	112	109
Low tech	416	86
High tech.	778	313
Other	256	159

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	298	90
Textiles & clothing	96	129
Wood & paper	401	60
Chemicals	1,005	317
Low tech	987	137
High tech.	3,729	672
Other	401	144

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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