Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	272	15
Textiles & clothing	870	469
Wood & paper	176	12
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	284	2
High tech.	198	2
Other	102	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	385	34
Textiles & clothing	747	1,260
Wood & paper	189	6
Chemicals	36	2
Low tech	324	8
High tech.	212	1
Other	106	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	359	59
Textiles & clothing	476	832
Wood & paper	131	29
Chemicals	23	1
Low tech	362	4
High tech.	245	0
Other	197	21

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	425	98
Textiles & clothing	555	1,050
Wood & paper	217	64
Chemicals	24	3
Low tech	375	6
High tech.	404	2
Other	405	32

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	435	66
Textiles & clothing	209	431
Wood & paper	148	33
Chemicals	26	1
Low tech	353	4
High tech.	581	21
Other	536	83

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	506	89
Textiles & clothing	158	725
Wood & paper	69	6
Chemicals	25	2
Low tech	2,902	441
High tech.	558	63
Other	440	91

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	596	156
Textiles & clothing	273	227
Wood & paper	253	30
Chemicals	153	31
Low tech	944	109
High tech.	2,149	286
Other	319	109

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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