Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	157	7
Textiles & clothing	396	815
Wood & paper	173	184
Chemicals	6	0
Low tech	165	4
High tech.	136	1
Other	101	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	245	13
Textiles & clothing	471	2,696
Wood & paper	485	106
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	218	1
High tech.	112	0
Other	937	116

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	288	17
Textiles & clothing	317	1,427
Wood & paper	680	715
Chemicals	24	1
Low tech	190	5
High tech.	148	0
Other	1,910	109

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	393	113
Textiles & clothing	627	809
Wood & paper	378	112
Chemicals	69	13
Low tech	431	12
High tech.	1,003	4
Other	1,520	393

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	376	101
Textiles & clothing	184	222
Wood & paper	635	125
Chemicals	32	5
Low tech	168	10
High tech.	698	73
Other	7,922	1,487

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	563	317
Textiles & clothing	370	706
Wood & paper	2,127	508
Chemicals	125	152
Low tech	339	170
High tech.	3,102	1,093
Other	7,673	1,562

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,065	342
Textiles & clothing	172	585
Wood & paper	1,297	195
Chemicals	2,249	1,327
Low tech	2,123	370
High tech.	7,174	2,275
Other	4,897	1,311

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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