Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	376	20
Textiles & clothing	968	444
Wood & paper	222	8
Chemicals	24	4
Low tech	451	7
High tech.	348	3
Other	152	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	397	25
Textiles & clothing	644	802
Wood & paper	275	13
Chemicals	32	3
Low tech	381	10
High tech.	194	4
Other	110	10

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	232	24
Textiles & clothing	376	548
Wood & paper	281	10
Chemicals	38	5
Low tech	374	4
High tech.	159	1
Other	255	29

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	387	113
Textiles & clothing	302	589
Wood & paper	205	4
Chemicals	38	2
Low tech	451	5
High tech.	334	2
Other	263	12

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	684	67
Textiles & clothing	245	197
Wood & paper	189	4
Chemicals	15	4
Low tech	379	5
High tech.	463	20
Other	197	34

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	683	206
Textiles & clothing	96	110
Wood & paper	285	30
Chemicals	150	75
Low tech	300	34
High tech.	724	119
Other	299	90

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	329	82
Textiles & clothing	64	119
Wood & paper	357	50
Chemicals	343	155
Low tech	1,040	137
High tech.	2,290	470
Other	385	107

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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