Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	79,486	6,626
Textiles & clothing	697,833	421,419
Wood & paper	66,769	12,629
Chemicals	8,785	541
Low tech	257,162	19,905
High tech.	128,004	1,296
Other	95,542	17,483

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	115,271	14,480
Textiles & clothing	662,542	824,280
Wood & paper	77,443	7,838
Chemicals	37,300	1,723
Low tech	376,399	29,841
High tech.	174,651	2,148
Other	109,184	17,662

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	133,453	25,679
Textiles & clothing	654,134	1,015,679
Wood & paper	87,735	30,516
Chemicals	54,577	6,756
Low tech	544,383	57,799
High tech.	278,440	3,972
Other	326,627	89,262

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	234,983	144,229
Textiles & clothing	867,879	1,436,006
Wood & paper	129,765	61,002
Chemicals	131,064	36,274
Low tech	851,521	122,656
High tech.	784,777	23,866
Other	445,591	91,730

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	366,071	207,584
Textiles & clothing	749,002	1,067,139
Wood & paper	152,764	64,761
Chemicals	172,840	66,702
Low tech	718,901	162,538
High tech.	929,259	134,101
Other	436,216	156,898

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	407,166	238,775
Textiles & clothing	630,250	945,988
Wood & paper	196,172	84,309
Chemicals	355,753	136,207
Low tech	967,474	277,283
High tech.	1,842,849	419,953
Other	501,552	234,175

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	389,343	212,268
Textiles & clothing	431,438	457,645
Wood & paper	233,666	62,930
Chemicals	504,313	161,538
Low tech	1,056,293	249,933
High tech.	2,195,488	521,582
Other	259,367	100,101

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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