Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	2
Textiles & clothing	159	89
Wood & paper	38	3
Chemicals	6	1
Low tech	64	1
High tech.	51	1
Other	60	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	96	8
Textiles & clothing	178	238
Wood & paper	36	1
Chemicals	21	1
Low tech	100	1
High tech.	50	1
Other	49	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	248	26
Textiles & clothing	365	697
Wood & paper	67	9
Chemicals	59	1
Low tech	288	6
High tech.	175	3
Other	281	56

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	440	193
Textiles & clothing	493	1,190
Wood & paper	133	14
Chemicals	111	22
Low tech	446	16
High tech.	761	27
Other	740	145

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	843	205
Textiles & clothing	590	753
Wood & paper	276	112
Chemicals	258	85
Low tech	585	97
High tech.	2,488	452
Other	1,640	629

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	645	382
Textiles & clothing	192	311
Wood & paper	285	239
Chemicals	811	467
Low tech	830	238
High tech.	6,761	1,556
Other	1,940	975

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	430	250
Textiles & clothing	120	180
Wood & paper	310	130
Chemicals	1,890	1,660
Low tech	1,280	560
High tech.	8,540	2,940
Other	840	430

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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