Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	155	29
Textiles & clothing	1,212	236
Wood & paper	137	23
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	427	6
High tech.	265	2
Other	55	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	162	50
Textiles & clothing	998	954
Wood & paper	141	1
Chemicals	57	2
Low tech	439	4
High tech.	277	0
Other	67	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	124	23
Textiles & clothing	538	745
Wood & paper	47	5
Chemicals	40	1
Low tech	274	1
High tech.	107	1
Other	166	21

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	383	208
Textiles & clothing	657	1,206
Wood & paper	83	5
Chemicals	89	15
Low tech	721	9
High tech.	421	4
Other	573	34

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	470	120
Textiles & clothing	427	310
Wood & paper	139	4
Chemicals	70	8
Low tech	648	67
High tech.	483	41
Other	347	60

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	483	159
Textiles & clothing	145	156
Wood & paper	129	7
Chemicals	57	7
Low tech	806	111
High tech.	747	129
Other	367	125

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	381	70
Textiles & clothing	695	333
Wood & paper	127	22
Chemicals	735	95
Low tech	1,174	109
High tech.	1,398	398
Other	197	75

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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