Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	279	4
Textiles & clothing	1,066	644
Wood & paper	116	10
Chemicals	20	0
Low tech	954	11
High tech.	114	1
Other	71	7

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	128	11
Textiles & clothing	1,034	1,092
Wood & paper	62	36
Chemicals	82	1
Low tech	743	11
High tech.	116	0
Other	35	21

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	288	29
Textiles & clothing	944	975
Wood & paper	141	46
Chemicals	103	6
Low tech	2,567	37
High tech.	224	2
Other	296	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	524	188
Textiles & clothing	910	1,389
Wood & paper	715	169
Chemicals	884	199
Low tech	8,006	325
High tech.	1,775	10
Other	683	71

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	650	383
Textiles & clothing	485	886
Wood & paper	1,210	201
Chemicals	1,782	377
Low tech	9,885	970
High tech.	1,653	84
Other	266	126

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	884	459
Textiles & clothing	147	632
Wood & paper	1,485	330
Chemicals	2,241	640
Low tech	11,583	2,452
High tech.	1,852	242
Other	316	320

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	555	482
Textiles & clothing	125	1,170
Wood & paper	1,393	425
Chemicals	4,111	516
Low tech	7,401	1,857
High tech.	2,745	952
Other	258	109

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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