Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	207	14
Textiles & clothing	1,207	529
Wood & paper	240	5
Chemicals	21	3
Low tech	3,340	223
High tech.	538	4
Other	233	50

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	542	53
Textiles & clothing	1,466	1,707
Wood & paper	346	7
Chemicals	143	9
Low tech	9,323	853
High tech.	1,106	8
Other	342	63

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	129	15
Textiles & clothing	342	484
Wood & paper	59	3
Chemicals	33	2
Low tech	2,186	315
High tech.	294	5
Other	361	33

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	196	45
Textiles & clothing	533	762
Wood & paper	92	25
Chemicals	52	13
Low tech	1,886	314
High tech.	497	10
Other	274	18

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	257	49
Textiles & clothing	267	555
Wood & paper	92	20
Chemicals	174	43
Low tech	2,558	623
High tech.	978	195
Other	91	47

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	108	33
Textiles & clothing	101	169
Wood & paper	47	9
Chemicals	305	47
Low tech	2,162	583
High tech.	2,264	811
Other	59	41

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	502	127
Textiles & clothing	732	576
Wood & paper	397	78
Chemicals	1,097	285
Low tech	3,098	704
High tech.	4,067	747
Other	126	39

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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