Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	74	3
Textiles & clothing	199	105
Wood & paper	46	3
Chemicals	9	2
Low tech	106	1
High tech.	67	2
Other	59	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	282	32
Textiles & clothing	485	743
Wood & paper	94	9
Chemicals	69	1
Low tech	233	6
High tech.	135	4
Other	130	25

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	410	47
Textiles & clothing	466	992
Wood & paper	121	22
Chemicals	124	10
Low tech	248	5
High tech.	283	2
Other	460	109

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	842	398
Textiles & clothing	1,003	2,433
Wood & paper	334	74
Chemicals	334	136
Low tech	705	72
High tech.	1,906	79
Other	1,632	280

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,006	784
Textiles & clothing	1,162	1,682
Wood & paper	405	119
Chemicals	707	327
Low tech	922	233
High tech.	4,043	853
Other	2,417	634

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,454	620
Textiles & clothing	518	491
Wood & paper	301	110
Chemicals	919	698
Low tech	1,558	601
High tech.	3,515	1,145
Other	1,534	1,040

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,640	520
Textiles & clothing	310	170
Wood & paper	320	70
Chemicals	720	400
Low tech	1,560	490
High tech.	3,830	1,580
Other	470	250

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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