Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	6
Textiles & clothing	294	140
Wood & paper	61	5
Chemicals	17	5
Low tech	241	3
High tech.	108	5
Other	36	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	207	12
Textiles & clothing	308	427
Wood & paper	110	7
Chemicals	35	2
Low tech	607	8
High tech.	118	1
Other	70	13

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	172	9
Textiles & clothing	247	302
Wood & paper	125	10
Chemicals	42	1
Low tech	622	6
High tech.	161	2
Other	167	16

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	96
Textiles & clothing	299	583
Wood & paper	118	29
Chemicals	133	65
Low tech	236	22
High tech.	587	20
Other	482	67

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	836	672
Textiles & clothing	452	393
Wood & paper	390	154
Chemicals	362	112
Low tech	769	103
High tech.	2,677	320
Other	3,135	1,368

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,777	1,897
Textiles & clothing	266	483
Wood & paper	1,072	368
Chemicals	1,681	718
Low tech	2,263	614
High tech.	15,223	6,153
Other	2,608	1,260

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	3,870	2,730
Textiles & clothing	470	420
Wood & paper	970	380
Chemicals	2,320	1,120
Low tech	3,450	1,220
High tech.	14,510	6,040
Other	1,540	850

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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