Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	212	16
Textiles & clothing	4,117	2,724
Wood & paper	258	16
Chemicals	33	1
Low tech	1,529	67
High tech.	424	3
Other	139	51

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	189	30
Textiles & clothing	1,665	2,066
Wood & paper	181	13
Chemicals	49	2
Low tech	587	20
High tech.	209	2
Other	91	9

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	140	27
Textiles & clothing	1,035	1,736
Wood & paper	81	13
Chemicals	80	0
Low tech	350	6
High tech.	219	4
Other	244	78

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	187	94
Textiles & clothing	1,476	2,237
Wood & paper	141	66
Chemicals	121	8
Low tech	1,506	132
High tech.	719	7
Other	470	22

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	537	194
Textiles & clothing	1,345	1,912
Wood & paper	186	19
Chemicals	296	16
Low tech	848	52
High tech.	413	39
Other	236	22

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	647	188
Textiles & clothing	897	1,824
Wood & paper	118	13
Chemicals	181	52
Low tech	1,265	128
High tech.	546	98
Other	134	89

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	243	106
Textiles & clothing	1,137	888
Wood & paper	348	45
Chemicals	595	83
Low tech	2,387	260
High tech.	1,036	170
Other	185	65

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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