Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	22,030	4,000
Mining	760	70
Food	9,930	6,920
Coal & petroleum products	30	10
Chemicals	1,960	1,180
Metal Manufacture	800	110
Mechanical Engineering	6,340	810
Instrument Engineering	780	580
Electrical engineering	4,240	3,950
Shipbuilding	1,680	180
Vehicles	3,160	200
Other Metals	1,730	430
Textiles	810	640
Leather	110	320
Clothing & Footwear	3,400	5,560
Bricks etc	1,640	180
Timber, Furniture	4,960	760
Paper, Printing	3,580	1,670
Other Manufacturing	1,900	1,360
Construction	22,940	950
Gas, Electricity, Water	2,770	250
Transport	11,210	1,680
Distributive Trades	19,700	16,440
Finance	4,350	4,410
Professionals	10,470	18,120
Miscellaneous Services	13,800	15,250
Public Administration & Defence	12,500	3,220

Date:	Source:
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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