Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	16,660	602
Textiles & clothing	153,113	104,499
Wood & paper	12,161	2,269
Chemicals	1,173	158
Low tech	30,513	476
High tech.	16,791	120
Other	12,791	4,852

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	21,126	1,677
Textiles & clothing	134,376	182,928
Wood & paper	14,422	3,633
Chemicals	7,060	1,948
Low tech	64,017	1,292
High tech.	28,385	33
Other	19,118	17,171

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	27,698	5,020
Textiles & clothing	114,896	187,323
Wood & paper	18,386	7,833
Chemicals	6,932	1,221
Low tech	81,285	2,457
High tech.	57,401	296
Other	42,486	14,815

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	34,869	22,880
Textiles & clothing	98,198	185,204
Wood & paper	27,294	10,862
Chemicals	17,323	5,369
Low tech	112,589	4,531
High tech.	147,092	2,690
Other	47,627	16,516

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	54,222	39,468
Textiles & clothing	74,818	129,958
Wood & paper	40,127	10,623
Chemicals	22,428	8,587
Low tech	113,884	9,050
High tech.	162,823	10,417
Other	42,029	18,100

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	59,351	36,800
Textiles & clothing	57,300	106,358
Wood & paper	35,013	10,596
Chemicals	36,524	12,466
Low tech	103,149	14,788
High tech.	205,043	28,683
Other	42,114	21,488

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	59,200	40,640
Textiles & clothing	41,050	70,790
Wood & paper	32,060	9,610
Chemicals	34,340	10,860
Low tech	87,110	14,120
High tech.	199,300	50,660
Other	17,950	6,180

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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