Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	74	8
Textiles & clothing	414	105
Wood & paper	121	12
Chemicals	203	3
Low tech	574	3
High tech.	291	0
Other	91	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	105	22
Textiles & clothing	465	512
Wood & paper	172	3
Chemicals	320	6
Low tech	922	10
High tech.	1,696	2
Other	105	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	166	50
Textiles & clothing	607	1,261
Wood & paper	394	50
Chemicals	1,081	25
Low tech	3,029	84
High tech.	4,423	25
Other	1,552	40

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	374	526
Textiles & clothing	628	1,731
Wood & paper	396	21
Chemicals	947	42
Low tech	3,492	45
High tech.	8,668	28
Other	1,324	80

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	477	392
Textiles & clothing	391	677
Wood & paper	246	25
Chemicals	539	95
Low tech	846	100
High tech.	7,354	661
Other	554	192

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	838	797
Textiles & clothing	449	1,861
Wood & paper	221	119
Chemicals	563	192
Low tech	2,262	172
High tech.	17,509	3,443
Other	694	223

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	654	880
Textiles & clothing	683	1,963
Wood & paper	648	48
Chemicals	967	156
Low tech	2,422	211
High tech.	7,343	2,371
Other	693	261

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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