Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	340	14
Textiles & clothing	1,067	703
Wood & paper	163	43
Chemicals	20	1
Low tech	398	12
High tech.	332	4
Other	188	18

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	380	18
Textiles & clothing	792	1,848
Wood & paper	116	9
Chemicals	45	2
Low tech	302	3
High tech.	292	1
Other	191	28

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	395	24
Textiles & clothing	689	2,253
Wood & paper	110	8
Chemicals	46	2
Low tech	396	2
High tech.	374	5
Other	370	160

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	526	146
Textiles & clothing	500	1,183
Wood & paper	179	14
Chemicals	387	94
Low tech	848	25
High tech.	1,249	31
Other	629	78

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	716	142
Textiles & clothing	562	1,623
Wood & paper	247	95
Chemicals	158	20
Low tech	329	12
High tech.	1,702	60
Other	474	108

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	779	341
Textiles & clothing	276	1,048
Wood & paper	147	40
Chemicals	42	7
Low tech	411	21
High tech.	3,508	508
Other	998	429

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	528	196
Textiles & clothing	231	510
Wood & paper	297	35
Chemicals	386	94
Low tech	1,185	545
High tech.	5,867	1,044
Other	993	332

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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