Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	754	118
Textiles & clothing	23,140	10,308
Wood & paper	751	71
Chemicals	140	15
Low tech	3,479	139
High tech.	2,318	23
Other	1,690	418

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,586	269
Textiles & clothing	22,641	17,085
Wood & paper	1,028	71
Chemicals	1,022	29
Low tech	8,251	160
High tech.	3,715	22
Other	1,730	230

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,862	536
Textiles & clothing	24,698	28,585
Wood & paper	1,438	454
Chemicals	836	110
Low tech	11,952	442
High tech.	8,030	111
Other	6,466	1,371

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,629	2,156
Textiles & clothing	31,094	47,421
Wood & paper	2,269	1,314
Chemicals	2,200	764
Low tech	22,955	1,653
High tech.	18,347	273
Other	9,496	2,607

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,568	2,568
Textiles & clothing	31,245	54,949
Wood & paper	2,143	937
Chemicals	2,302	880
Low tech	13,510	1,781
High tech.	15,472	1,561
Other	9,967	3,600

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,509	3,549
Textiles & clothing	29,266	45,724
Wood & paper	2,560	1,179
Chemicals	3,646	1,766
Low tech	15,944	2,553
High tech.	29,653	5,502
Other	10,390	5,361

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,946	2,148
Textiles & clothing	18,261	22,930
Wood & paper	2,610	536
Chemicals	4,782	1,509
Low tech	20,040	3,247
High tech.	25,217	4,812
Other	4,205	1,327

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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