Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	195	7
Textiles & clothing	456	133
Wood & paper	140	19
Chemicals	12	1
Low tech	245	3
High tech.	240	1
Other	59	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	29
Textiles & clothing	504	515
Wood & paper	265	162
Chemicals	22	0
Low tech	441	8
High tech.	169	0
Other	113	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	150	12
Textiles & clothing	231	325
Wood & paper	190	149
Chemicals	23	2
Low tech	291	9
High tech.	159	2
Other	229	39

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	273	84
Textiles & clothing	215	443
Wood & paper	300	104
Chemicals	93	41
Low tech	839	7
High tech.	552	1
Other	306	23

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	355	60
Textiles & clothing	339	184
Wood & paper	412	84
Chemicals	140	61
Low tech	521	9
High tech.	522	52
Other	359	84

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	376	94
Textiles & clothing	237	210
Wood & paper	428	170
Chemicals	107	26
Low tech	1,336	137
High tech.	1,980	519
Other	429	172

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	530	198
Textiles & clothing	148	183
Wood & paper	1,923	264
Chemicals	1,360	429
Low tech	1,528	160
High tech.	2,919	554
Other	435	85

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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