Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	447	26
Textiles & clothing	8,055	5,637
Wood & paper	263	15
Chemicals	15	2
Low tech	922	7
High tech.	641	4
Other	494	150

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	767	118
Textiles & clothing	10,812	13,352
Wood & paper	356	127
Chemicals	411	18
Low tech	1,277	17
High tech.	1,151	4
Other	766	61

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,202	610
Textiles & clothing	13,851	20,498
Wood & paper	777	476
Chemicals	310	35
Low tech	2,607	82
High tech.	2,798	53
Other	2,741	744

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,189	1,807
Textiles & clothing	12,839	29,719
Wood & paper	1,263	1,190
Chemicals	607	187
Low tech	3,350	177
High tech.	8,123	379
Other	4,973	603

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	4,198	3,624
Textiles & clothing	10,600	21,826
Wood & paper	1,212	881
Chemicals	833	616
Low tech	2,295	138
High tech.	6,751	949
Other	3,929	988

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,306	4,568
Textiles & clothing	10,445	24,234
Wood & paper	1,403	788
Chemicals	2,629	2,467
Low tech	1,961	218
High tech.	15,087	3,091
Other	4,736	1,772

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,426	4,402
Textiles & clothing	9,513	14,633
Wood & paper	913	490
Chemicals	3,736	2,695
Low tech	3,443	376
High tech.	13,380	3,391
Other	2,126	744

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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