Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	301	5
Textiles & clothing	7,625	4,590
Wood & paper	187	10
Chemicals	57	3
Low tech	691	17
High tech.	312	2
Other	176	12

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	527	26
Textiles & clothing	5,649	8,133
Wood & paper	255	47
Chemicals	94	31
Low tech	1,650	11
High tech.	657	0
Other	253	117

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	548	53
Textiles & clothing	3,465	5,154
Wood & paper	318	73
Chemicals	224	40
Low tech	2,436	15
High tech.	1,217	3
Other	1,122	227

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	629	146
Textiles & clothing	2,816	4,882
Wood & paper	261	34
Chemicals	626	273
Low tech	3,262	40
High tech.	3,244	30
Other	982	195

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	925	458
Textiles & clothing	2,540	5,376
Wood & paper	620	40
Chemicals	776	222
Low tech	2,618	86
High tech.	4,176	184
Other	533	138

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,025	456
Textiles & clothing	2,637	4,932
Wood & paper	490	61
Chemicals	2,290	804
Low tech	2,437	194
High tech.	5,308	416
Other	472	238

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,327	1,186
Textiles & clothing	2,837	4,177
Wood & paper	498	66
Chemicals	1,602	689
Low tech	3,572	373
High tech.	7,060	751
Other	231	103

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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