Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	392	23
Textiles & clothing	1,202	945
Wood & paper	199	7
Chemicals	26	0
Low tech	450	3
High tech.	282	2
Other	359	36

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	700	87
Textiles & clothing	1,607	3,371
Wood & paper	269	7
Chemicals	182	16
Low tech	761	14
High tech.	676	10
Other	595	161

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,066	132
Textiles & clothing	1,420	3,546
Wood & paper	353	57
Chemicals	233	19
Low tech	1,117	24
High tech.	1,330	12
Other	1,495	364

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,542	746
Textiles & clothing	1,398	4,303
Wood & paper	316	40
Chemicals	374	107
Low tech	1,419	37
High tech.	3,135	4
Other	1,943	278

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,100	918
Textiles & clothing	1,215	1,510
Wood & paper	340	20
Chemicals	403	371
Low tech	680	75
High tech.	5,160	502
Other	2,083	433

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,074	995
Textiles & clothing	768	1,757
Wood & paper	399	96
Chemicals	506	583
Low tech	905	308
High tech.	6,667	1,654
Other	2,456	1,440

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,428	718
Textiles & clothing	464	1,141
Wood & paper	343	32
Chemicals	531	390
Low tech	1,029	468
High tech.	7,688	2,399
Other	1,780	535

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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