Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	291	29
Textiles & clothing	1,455	1,198
Wood & paper	199	17
Chemicals	12	1
Low tech	477	7
High tech.	231	2
Other	118	28

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	193	38
Textiles & clothing	765	2,589
Wood & paper	121	1
Chemicals	31	3
Low tech	331	10
High tech.	312	2
Other	70	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	79	29
Textiles & clothing	628	1,786
Wood & paper	72	11
Chemicals	23	1
Low tech	314	0
High tech.	225	6
Other	164	40

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	281	106
Textiles & clothing	451	1,144
Wood & paper	110	37
Chemicals	36	7
Low tech	317	10
High tech.	314	1
Other	249	33

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	152	23
Textiles & clothing	284	479
Wood & paper	215	8
Chemicals	28	0
Low tech	159	2
High tech.	364	8
Other	112	6

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	347	62
Textiles & clothing	153	582
Wood & paper	207	8
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	138	2
High tech.	395	22
Other	82	12

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	324	47
Textiles & clothing	304	148
Wood & paper	257	17
Chemicals	61	20
Low tech	258	39
High tech.	655	66
Other	113	18

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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