Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	51	2
Textiles & clothing	120	34
Wood & paper	37	5
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	65	1
High tech.	64	0
Other	15	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	222	25
Textiles & clothing	345	592
Wood & paper	168	4
Chemicals	47	1
Low tech	500	5
High tech.	211	0
Other	90	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	213	19
Textiles & clothing	276	594
Wood & paper	269	8
Chemicals	51	3
Low tech	697	5
High tech.	240	2
Other	627	53

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	360	136
Textiles & clothing	319	752
Wood & paper	276	77
Chemicals	137	44
Low tech	732	10
High tech.	1,077	2
Other	623	58

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	314	110
Textiles & clothing	157	124
Wood & paper	1,931	221
Chemicals	284	229
Low tech	1,825	30
High tech.	1,719	325
Other	1,215	196

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	278	134
Textiles & clothing	44	82
Wood & paper	2,044	352
Chemicals	586	81
Low tech	1,710	335
High tech.	2,009	752
Other	971	333

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	315	166
Textiles & clothing	87	198
Wood & paper	2,124	295
Chemicals	550	164
Low tech	760	106
High tech.	1,760	280
Other	251	63

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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