Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	14	1
Textiles & clothing	36	12
Wood & paper	10	0
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	19	0
High tech.	15	0
Other	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40	4
Textiles & clothing	51	65
Wood & paper	12	0
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	33	1
High tech.	35	1
Other	7	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	45	3
Textiles & clothing	54	92
Wood & paper	33	2
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	89	0
High tech.	108	0
Other	64	2

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	121	47
Textiles & clothing	114	242
Wood & paper	43	1
Chemicals	22	1
Low tech	113	1
High tech.	109	0
Other	105	7

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	141	93
Textiles & clothing	72	64
Wood & paper	71	2
Chemicals	108	25
Low tech	185	25
High tech.	510	20
Other	104	17

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	142	62
Textiles & clothing	24	55
Wood & paper	153	17
Chemicals	158	75
Low tech	223	163
High tech.	1,491	53
Other	163	61

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	217	57
Textiles & clothing	41	89
Wood & paper	225	32
Chemicals	237	120
Low tech	649	88
High tech.	1,380	285
Other	243	67

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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