Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	478	31
Textiles & clothing	1,793	594
Wood & paper	162	6
Chemicals	10	1
Low tech	806	10
High tech.	591	4
Other	152	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	601	38
Textiles & clothing	1,507	1,724
Wood & paper	102	2
Chemicals	95	4
Low tech	805	5
High tech.	443	3
Other	186	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	590	34
Textiles & clothing	900	1,160
Wood & paper	66	1
Chemicals	82	1
Low tech	688	7
High tech.	426	10
Other	324	27

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	467	120
Textiles & clothing	479	758
Wood & paper	173	9
Chemicals	178	7
Low tech	1,576	8
High tech.	1,482	23
Other	432	28

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	784	156
Textiles & clothing	373	232
Wood & paper	322	9
Chemicals	45	4
Low tech	336	10
High tech.	465	17
Other	224	26

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	783	385
Textiles & clothing	79	219
Wood & paper	174	8
Chemicals	47	3
Low tech	267	4
High tech.	427	19
Other	163	57

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	665	209
Textiles & clothing	154	262
Wood & paper	377	36
Chemicals	1,735	117
Low tech	607	24
High tech.	1,688	154
Other	74	31

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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