Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	503	18
Textiles & clothing	2,023	1,597
Wood & paper	393	9
Chemicals	38	3
Low tech	622	5
High tech.	444	4
Other	437	32

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	875	87
Textiles & clothing	2,456	5,442
Wood & paper	570	26
Chemicals	256	9
Low tech	1,064	14
High tech.	2,088	9
Other	656	133

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	800	99
Textiles & clothing	1,732	5,082
Wood & paper	476	121
Chemicals	252	48
Low tech	945	20
High tech.	4,016	34
Other	1,928	515

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,284	567
Textiles & clothing	1,638	5,495
Wood & paper	549	101
Chemicals	562	114
Low tech	1,329	18
High tech.	8,590	19
Other	3,111	352

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,625	847
Textiles & clothing	1,006	1,947
Wood & paper	558	71
Chemicals	527	96
Low tech	572	30
High tech.	11,450	230
Other	1,579	441

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,826	1,102
Textiles & clothing	373	1,582
Wood & paper	461	68
Chemicals	1,529	106
Low tech	483	50
High tech.	16,128	1,590
Other	1,071	379

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,984	1,407
Textiles & clothing	714	1,993
Wood & paper	411	49
Chemicals	352	88
Low tech	1,261	147
High tech.	15,692	3,976
Other	889	205

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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