Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	37	12
Textiles & clothing	2,648	1,915
Wood & paper	64	7
Chemicals	17	0
Low tech	314	8
High tech.	178	2
Other	101	42

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40	31
Textiles & clothing	488	654
Wood & paper	33	0
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	126	6
High tech.	86	1
Other	23	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	19
Textiles & clothing	618	1,200
Wood & paper	9	5
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	114	1
High tech.	73	0
Other	77	26

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	100	155
Textiles & clothing	2,197	4,008
Wood & paper	115	41
Chemicals	153	35
Low tech	454	22
High tech.	519	25
Other	237	33

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	253	193
Textiles & clothing	811	1,101
Wood & paper	201	25
Chemicals	98	4
Low tech	140	5
High tech.	402	25
Other	163	33

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	415	212
Textiles & clothing	453	1,044
Wood & paper	142	17
Chemicals	2,522	173
Low tech	128	20
High tech.	796	128
Other	262	225

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	387	190
Textiles & clothing	1,265	778
Wood & paper	388	71
Chemicals	1,009	242
Low tech	874	129
High tech.	2,640	437
Other	174	45

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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