Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	34	15
Textiles & clothing	3,210	2,451
Wood & paper	85	13
Chemicals	19	0
Low tech	378	7
High tech.	229	2
Other	155	32

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	334	99
Textiles & clothing	10,449	11,169
Wood & paper	475	72
Chemicals	361	11
Low tech	2,697	25
High tech.	1,391	34
Other	600	99

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	270	108
Textiles & clothing	9,473	14,363
Wood & paper	669	385
Chemicals	249	13
Low tech	2,431	13
High tech.	1,535	7
Other	1,203	146

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	556	649
Textiles & clothing	12,154	18,641
Wood & paper	1,300	495
Chemicals	553	104
Low tech	2,640	51
High tech.	3,355	67
Other	1,232	103

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	840	797
Textiles & clothing	12,967	13,310
Wood & paper	1,901	765
Chemicals	665	125
Low tech	816	58
High tech.	2,872	221
Other	1,034	298

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	769	691
Textiles & clothing	9,383	9,476
Wood & paper	3,318	971
Chemicals	707	502
Low tech	951	225
High tech.	5,770	804
Other	1,489	525

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,003	563
Textiles & clothing	4,604	3,799
Wood & paper	2,176	748
Chemicals	3,829	930
Low tech	1,995	384
High tech.	6,652	1,155
Other	507	246

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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