Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	671	54
Textiles & clothing	3,921	1,252
Wood & paper	521	50
Chemicals	165	1
Low tech	3,484	28
High tech.	1,779	0
Other	339	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	654	109
Textiles & clothing	2,801	3,011
Wood & paper	352	31
Chemicals	257	6
Low tech	2,805	15
High tech.	1,337	2
Other	305	16

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	420	111
Textiles & clothing	1,959	2,544
Wood & paper	252	30
Chemicals	241	3
Low tech	1,681	21
High tech.	914	4
Other	1,177	79

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	533	380
Textiles & clothing	1,246	2,123
Wood & paper	302	15
Chemicals	316	20
Low tech	3,210	87
High tech.	5,875	20
Other	1,748	26

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	889	465
Textiles & clothing	709	535
Wood & paper	533	11
Chemicals	271	53
Low tech	1,011	103
High tech.	1,721	78
Other	633	233

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,070	731
Textiles & clothing	321	1,132
Wood & paper	529	282
Chemicals	1,324	195
Low tech	1,780	183
High tech.	2,458	768
Other	588	357

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,089	340
Textiles & clothing	941	884
Wood & paper	954	163
Chemicals	2,018	497
Low tech	3,454	358
High tech.	10,469	1,463
Other	513	213

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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