Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40	12
Textiles & clothing	2,500	1,656
Wood & paper	62	10
Chemicals	16	0
Low tech	319	8
High tech.	174	1
Other	119	50

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	88	47
Textiles & clothing	4,204	3,679
Wood & paper	59	1
Chemicals	53	2
Low tech	429	2
High tech.	198	21
Other	101	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	176	34
Textiles & clothing	6,597	6,786
Wood & paper	50	2
Chemicals	31	2
Low tech	343	1
High tech.	220	2
Other	350	19

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	413	484
Textiles & clothing	9,059	12,427
Wood & paper	409	115
Chemicals	557	93
Low tech	1,932	69
High tech.	2,168	72
Other	961	97

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	707	555
Textiles & clothing	16,804	15,309
Wood & paper	299	27
Chemicals	58	4
Low tech	265	16
High tech.	844	52
Other	313	45

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	664	350
Textiles & clothing	13,114	12,995
Wood & paper	312	42
Chemicals	290	116
Low tech	825	88
High tech.	3,251	525
Other	569	182

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	495	206
Textiles & clothing	1,887	1,110
Wood & paper	514	93
Chemicals	1,275	295
Low tech	1,383	182
High tech.	3,349	564
Other	226	59

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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