Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	278	66
Textiles & clothing	10,205	4,009
Wood & paper	304	89
Chemicals	61	1
Low tech	1,772	39
High tech.	850	4
Other	892	375

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	328	54
Textiles & clothing	4,344	2,805
Wood & paper	162	13
Chemicals	118	4
Low tech	745	7
High tech.	427	2
Other	206	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	257	52
Textiles & clothing	1,232	1,412
Wood & paper	124	7
Chemicals	81	1
Low tech	522	6
High tech.	328	3
Other	321	45

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	254
Textiles & clothing	3,597	5,793
Wood & paper	217	58
Chemicals	228	21
Low tech	1,829	71
High tech.	1,339	15
Other	693	44

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	643	316
Textiles & clothing	911	1,005
Wood & paper	465	26
Chemicals	303	72
Low tech	360	12
High tech.	986	43
Other	511	82

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	626	269
Textiles & clothing	378	768
Wood & paper	486	27
Chemicals	494	191
Low tech	318	23
High tech.	687	109
Other	432	106

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	472	147
Textiles & clothing	2,631	1,475
Wood & paper	455	48
Chemicals	882	252
Low tech	1,333	163
High tech.	2,219	315
Other	324	106

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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