Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	323	15
Textiles & clothing	1,009	332
Wood & paper	105	2
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	448	0
High tech.	284	2
Other	63	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	504	32
Textiles & clothing	1,321	2,033
Wood & paper	172	17
Chemicals	55	1
Low tech	596	7
High tech.	283	4
Other	160	22

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	300	19
Textiles & clothing	594	1,159
Wood & paper	92	14
Chemicals	62	12
Low tech	554	1
High tech.	216	1
Other	274	80

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	522	112
Textiles & clothing	678	977
Wood & paper	98	27
Chemicals	83	31
Low tech	537	3
High tech.	450	3
Other	371	108

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	864	196
Textiles & clothing	706	595
Wood & paper	198	41
Chemicals	23	5
Low tech	291	14
High tech.	608	46
Other	650	332

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	832	160
Textiles & clothing	365	529
Wood & paper	274	28
Chemicals	55	6
Low tech	164	13
High tech.	804	85
Other	671	399

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,136	395
Textiles & clothing	248	366
Wood & paper	379	64
Chemicals	445	153
Low tech	535	49
High tech.	2,242	354
Other	410	76

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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