Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	83	23
Textiles & clothing	5,856	3,882
Wood & paper	131	14
Chemicals	39	1
Low tech	598	12
High tech.	383	6
Other	383	100

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	77	26
Textiles & clothing	3,695	3,376
Wood & paper	131	9
Chemicals	42	0
Low tech	243	3
High tech.	171	14
Other	33	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	128	35
Textiles & clothing	3,531	5,281
Wood & paper	228	83
Chemicals	42	3
Low tech	355	3
High tech.	278	5
Other	258	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	211	254
Textiles & clothing	4,664	6,665
Wood & paper	244	71
Chemicals	327	59
Low tech	966	37
High tech.	1,101	41
Other	502	55

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	350	250
Textiles & clothing	4,382	7,705
Wood & paper	395	112
Chemicals	688	146
Low tech	424	9
High tech.	1,688	70
Other	346	76

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	385	306
Textiles & clothing	3,445	6,552
Wood & paper	310	106
Chemicals	3,410	850
Low tech	452	23
High tech.	2,132	273
Other	331	83

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	484	183
Textiles & clothing	1,745	946
Wood & paper	526	86
Chemicals	1,385	291
Low tech	1,171	151
High tech.	3,561	528
Other	219	47

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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