Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	236	11
Textiles & clothing	800	452
Wood & paper	166	1
Chemicals	23	4
Low tech	357	1
High tech.	394	2
Other	292	10

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	385	37
Textiles & clothing	865	1,533
Wood & paper	214	2
Chemicals	91	0
Low tech	507	2
High tech.	983	3
Other	329	52

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	573	66
Textiles & clothing	781	1,849
Wood & paper	246	22
Chemicals	114	5
Low tech	944	10
High tech.	1,689	10
Other	1,004	183

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	950	313
Textiles & clothing	860	2,264
Wood & paper	362	8
Chemicals	219	25
Low tech	1,066	11
High tech.	3,958	2
Other	1,405	233

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,679	1,310
Textiles & clothing	692	679
Wood & paper	338	85
Chemicals	361	76
Low tech	602	83
High tech.	8,172	768
Other	1,039	275

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,957	1,405
Textiles & clothing	303	457
Wood & paper	482	64
Chemicals	448	189
Low tech	747	119
High tech.	13,392	1,591
Other	1,163	325

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,540	1,077
Textiles & clothing	255	294
Wood & paper	681	79
Chemicals	831	451
Low tech	1,199	147
High tech.	16,635	3,398
Other	804	216

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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