Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	271	10
Textiles & clothing	1,148	837
Wood & paper	231	8
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	257	0
High tech.	530	0
Other	166	96

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	348	23
Textiles & clothing	1,037	2,177
Wood & paper	290	1
Chemicals	56	1
Low tech	316	4
High tech.	428	2
Other	175	18

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	458	35
Textiles & clothing	1,094	2,459
Wood & paper	250	19
Chemicals	61	1
Low tech	378	5
High tech.	650	4
Other	577	89

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	820	236
Textiles & clothing	762	2,758
Wood & paper	587	14
Chemicals	135	62
Low tech	441	4
High tech.	1,027	1
Other	545	60

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,191	367
Textiles & clothing	783	2,171
Wood & paper	520	33
Chemicals	42	4
Low tech	142	3
High tech.	743	16
Other	299	40

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,538	703
Textiles & clothing	589	1,241
Wood & paper	692	39
Chemicals	81	9
Low tech	109	40
High tech.	1,098	1,000
Other	173	51

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,363	1,825
Textiles & clothing	568	821
Wood & paper	1,057	67
Chemicals	197	78
Low tech	444	27
High tech.	1,625	1,330
Other	256	85

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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