Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	148	43
Textiles & clothing	1,768	476
Wood & paper	170	2
Chemicals	0	0
Low tech	413	38
High tech.	250	0
Other	63	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	158	111
Textiles & clothing	1,424	1,358
Wood & paper	157	4
Chemicals	29	3
Low tech	406	154
High tech.	287	0
Other	71	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	97	65
Textiles & clothing	1,007	1,526
Wood & paper	69	3
Chemicals	40	1
Low tech	339	1
High tech.	155	0
Other	165	13

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	192	159
Textiles & clothing	833	1,713
Wood & paper	51	0
Chemicals	41	11
Low tech	377	2
High tech.	240	4
Other	221	19

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	225	47
Textiles & clothing	445	314
Wood & paper	263	0
Chemicals	13	0
Low tech	203	6
High tech.	153	2
Other	200	24

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	325	54
Textiles & clothing	85	67
Wood & paper	121	2
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	126	3
High tech.	367	16
Other	171	39

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	266	14
Textiles & clothing	49	132
Wood & paper	138	0
Chemicals	31	0
Low tech	142	5
High tech.	153	1
Other	98	14

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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