Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	6,977	1,483
Textiles & clothing	212,539	156,398
Wood & paper	8,911	816
Chemicals	1,543	52
Low tech	30,159	932
High tech.	22,043	172
Other	14,257	4,296

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	12,124	3,130
Textiles & clothing	198,815	214,310
Wood & paper	10,946	801
Chemicals	7,902	264
Low tech	53,724	983
High tech.	36,397	694
Other	13,737	1,924

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	17,908	7,064
Textiles & clothing	219,145	342,022
Wood & paper	15,730	4,563
Chemicals	12,805	1,153
Low tech	87,799	1,804
High tech.	60,073	1,013
Other	56,047	14,134

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	34,912	34,855
Textiles & clothing	326,792	510,885
Wood & paper	27,735	11,125
Chemicals	39,385	10,468
Low tech	131,759	6,141
High tech.	158,932	4,340
Other	66,122	12,174

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	61,947	46,900
Textiles & clothing	261,657	366,826
Wood & paper	25,917	12,118
Chemicals	48,155	17,305
Low tech	87,357	12,462
High tech.	171,108	18,649
Other	54,126	18,201

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	69,304	51,219
Textiles & clothing	214,388	320,922
Wood & paper	37,200	17,319
Chemicals	106,015	34,754
Low tech	113,867	28,123
High tech.	307,557	62,512
Other	60,226	28,234

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	71,577	47,345
Textiles & clothing	112,609	109,725
Wood & paper	46,725	13,051
Chemicals	128,271	31,921
Low tech	122,301	25,961
High tech.	336,266	69,336
Other	32,298	11,324

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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