Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	27	1
Textiles & clothing	71	27
Wood & paper	20	1
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	38	1
High tech.	24	0
Other	8	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	55	5
Textiles & clothing	97	145
Wood & paper	19	0
Chemicals	11	0
Low tech	89	0
High tech.	31	0
Other	19	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	65	6
Textiles & clothing	94	177
Wood & paper	14	2
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	138	3
High tech.	53	0
Other	76	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	108	26
Textiles & clothing	98	190
Wood & paper	37	5
Chemicals	12	3
Low tech	120	1
High tech.	330	0
Other	87	11

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	134	23
Textiles & clothing	75	51
Wood & paper	50	17
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	259	1
High tech.	338	7
Other	64	6

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	104	31
Textiles & clothing	50	52
Wood & paper	64	53
Chemicals	57	20
Low tech	325	14
High tech.	684	56
Other	65	26

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	160	178
Textiles & clothing	79	563
Wood & paper	41	1
Chemicals	161	21
Low tech	445	69
High tech.	3,854	1,415
Other	99	20

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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