Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	297	18
Textiles & clothing	1,596	899
Wood & paper	161	6
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	251	4
High tech.	207	4
Other	47	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	466	27
Textiles & clothing	2,753	5,365
Wood & paper	262	12
Chemicals	41	4
Low tech	539	7
High tech.	593	2
Other	119	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	277	11
Textiles & clothing	916	2,194
Wood & paper	100	18
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	477	3
High tech.	175	2
Other	141	10

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	253	39
Textiles & clothing	1,774	1,201
Wood & paper	85	21
Chemicals	14	3
Low tech	472	1
High tech.	345	2
Other	141	10

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	374	42
Textiles & clothing	475	409
Wood & paper	114	40
Chemicals	17	3
Low tech	143	2
High tech.	673	29
Other	176	37

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	56
Textiles & clothing	341	275
Wood & paper	143	9
Chemicals	168	35
Low tech	122	15
High tech.	1,994	267
Other	46	14

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	420	176
Textiles & clothing	1,465	1,176
Wood & paper	205	55
Chemicals	322	96
Low tech	2,300	157
High tech.	1,363	223
Other	85	45

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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