Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	199	15
Textiles & clothing	1,047	357
Wood & paper	327	10
Chemicals	18	2
Low tech	858	12
High tech.	237	2
Other	78	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	299	33
Textiles & clothing	1,099	1,319
Wood & paper	326	8
Chemicals	100	5
Low tech	2,358	65
High tech.	313	1
Other	97	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	216	18
Textiles & clothing	517	783
Wood & paper	229	14
Chemicals	70	3
Low tech	1,078	59
High tech.	338	2
Other	442	44

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	155	47
Textiles & clothing	142	416
Wood & paper	81	8
Chemicals	42	4
Low tech	1,486	40
High tech.	474	1
Other	382	9

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	45
Textiles & clothing	136	105
Wood & paper	176	23
Chemicals	30	1
Low tech	620	76
High tech.	293	8
Other	149	36

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	131
Textiles & clothing	104	54
Wood & paper	165	13
Chemicals	2,396	656
Low tech	402	78
High tech.	850	228
Other	259	219

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	239	112
Textiles & clothing	814	282
Wood & paper	201	21
Chemicals	434	63
Low tech	4,279	290
High tech.	1,891	389
Other	96	108

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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