Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	246	73
Textiles & clothing	2,196	551
Wood & paper	179	6
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	603	11
High tech.	433	1
Other	115	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	263	122
Textiles & clothing	1,900	1,844
Wood & paper	159	0
Chemicals	49	2
Low tech	1,058	18
High tech.	477	0
Other	134	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	266	100
Textiles & clothing	1,582	2,276
Wood & paper	103	8
Chemicals	83	4
Low tech	926	14
High tech.	562	4
Other	795	35

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	465	261
Textiles & clothing	1,014	2,121
Wood & paper	108	5
Chemicals	124	18
Low tech	813	13
High tech.	525	5
Other	781	23

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	500	124
Textiles & clothing	568	392
Wood & paper	295	2
Chemicals	132	81
Low tech	300	5
High tech.	304	7
Other	361	19

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	601	143
Textiles & clothing	146	288
Wood & paper	176	16
Chemicals	353	275
Low tech	702	150
High tech.	677	208
Other	417	83

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	441	52
Textiles & clothing	784	266
Wood & paper	195	15
Chemicals	766	129
Low tech	812	95
High tech.	1,742	254
Other	121	39

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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