Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	77	4
Textiles & clothing	196	66
Wood & paper	52	2
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	103	2
High tech.	79	1
Other	21	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	166	23
Textiles & clothing	260	386
Wood & paper	81	0
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	138	2
High tech.	102	2
Other	56	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	136	19
Textiles & clothing	147	287
Wood & paper	69	7
Chemicals	15	3
Low tech	153	2
High tech.	99	0
Other	143	16

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	105
Textiles & clothing	215	547
Wood & paper	98	2
Chemicals	38	3
Low tech	241	3
High tech.	213	1
Other	195	15

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	305	66
Textiles & clothing	145	155
Wood & paper	138	3
Chemicals	22	1
Low tech	284	3
High tech.	403	14
Other	247	33

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	253	58
Textiles & clothing	51	97
Wood & paper	223	56
Chemicals	36	43
Low tech	340	118
High tech.	1,690	76
Other	292	55

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	368	102
Textiles & clothing	71	149
Wood & paper	391	59
Chemicals	377	191
Low tech	1,150	165
High tech.	2,436	532
Other	427	123

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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