Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	124	61
Textiles & clothing	1,549	673
Wood & paper	136	5
Chemicals	10	1
Low tech	427	2
High tech.	297	0
Other	108	7

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	186	63
Textiles & clothing	786	1,002
Wood & paper	140	2
Chemicals	55	6
Low tech	581	29
High tech.	531	1
Other	110	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	73
Textiles & clothing	660	1,196
Wood & paper	106	16
Chemicals	50	2
Low tech	1,162	11
High tech.	643	5
Other	729	161

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	380	522
Textiles & clothing	1,104	1,756
Wood & paper	186	47
Chemicals	174	6
Low tech	1,671	120
High tech.	809	5
Other	800	100

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	205	211
Textiles & clothing	246	247
Wood & paper	162	35
Chemicals	241	1
Low tech	811	9
High tech.	374	6
Other	170	47

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	330	224
Textiles & clothing	865	1,654
Wood & paper	250	187
Chemicals	2,669	270
Low tech	822	26
High tech.	1,220	22
Other	210	114

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	441	153
Textiles & clothing	936	838
Wood & paper	407	63
Chemicals	1,952	192
Low tech	2,080	85
High tech.	1,083	161
Other	257	75

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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