Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	308	12
Textiles & clothing	860	403
Wood & paper	163	15
Chemicals	24	1
Low tech	301	2
High tech.	276	2
Other	169	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	26
Textiles & clothing	755	1,035
Wood & paper	117	5
Chemicals	63	5
Low tech	326	7
High tech.	187	2
Other	170	15

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	386	31
Textiles & clothing	506	696
Wood & paper	153	75
Chemicals	50	2
Low tech	285	7
High tech.	303	2
Other	269	59

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	538	187
Textiles & clothing	649	889
Wood & paper	256	108
Chemicals	95	40
Low tech	793	10
High tech.	727	1
Other	563	46

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	614	137
Textiles & clothing	510	282
Wood & paper	305	51
Chemicals	71	11
Low tech	313	48
High tech.	819	35
Other	365	64

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	462	101
Textiles & clothing	217	175
Wood & paper	275	34
Chemicals	69	53
Low tech	347	31
High tech.	594	91
Other	317	132

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	530	240
Textiles & clothing	200	115
Wood & paper	1,270	217
Chemicals	776	277
Low tech	998	119
High tech.	2,071	517
Other	452	296

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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