Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	153	12
Textiles & clothing	635	294
Wood & paper	78	3
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	247	5
High tech.	218	2
Other	99	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	226	8
Textiles & clothing	457	704
Wood & paper	58	3
Chemicals	38	2
Low tech	295	3
High tech.	234	0
Other	119	4

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	319	154
Textiles & clothing	320	636
Wood & paper	44	10
Chemicals	49	0
Low tech	300	2
High tech.	203	2
Other	235	32

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	292	325
Textiles & clothing	234	513
Wood & paper	47	2
Chemicals	42	8
Low tech	230	4
High tech.	229	1
Other	207	48

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	440	586
Textiles & clothing	152	102
Wood & paper	179	152
Chemicals	33	1
Low tech	106	7
High tech.	262	6
Other	210	68

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	638	829
Textiles & clothing	41	48
Wood & paper	472	350
Chemicals	146	11
Low tech	74	2
High tech.	338	8
Other	163	78

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	844	446
Textiles & clothing	108	71
Wood & paper	426	61
Chemicals	79	3
Low tech	147	13
High tech.	359	24
Other	146	71

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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