Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	407	16
Textiles & clothing	1,188	492
Wood & paper	169	16
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	517	6
High tech.	381	4
Other	98	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	511	41
Textiles & clothing	997	1,169
Wood & paper	152	0
Chemicals	44	2
Low tech	558	5
High tech.	302	2
Other	94	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	360	24
Textiles & clothing	605	774
Wood & paper	91	3
Chemicals	109	13
Low tech	552	8
High tech.	284	2
Other	273	23

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	421	65
Textiles & clothing	374	612
Wood & paper	91	0
Chemicals	140	1
Low tech	456	3
High tech.	490	3
Other	304	79

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	547	42
Textiles & clothing	343	192
Wood & paper	156	1
Chemicals	362	37
Low tech	374	6
High tech.	538	22
Other	102	18

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	668	140
Textiles & clothing	132	168
Wood & paper	160	17
Chemicals	772	168
Low tech	231	28
High tech.	809	108
Other	60	11

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	564	120
Textiles & clothing	140	119
Wood & paper	171	13
Chemicals	873	149
Low tech	358	27
High tech.	1,474	196
Other	171	41

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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