Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	106	6
Textiles & clothing	776	603
Wood & paper	79	0
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	295	33
High tech.	111	2
Other	58	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	211	16
Textiles & clothing	930	1,496
Wood & paper	143	24
Chemicals	39	2
Low tech	1,116	104
High tech.	341	5
Other	197	76

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	126	19
Textiles & clothing	767	897
Wood & paper	62	37
Chemicals	30	14
Low tech	1,006	176
High tech.	239	6
Other	319	133

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	184	37
Textiles & clothing	341	649
Wood & paper	75	35
Chemicals	21	2
Low tech	637	119
High tech.	495	37
Other	194	7

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	167	35
Textiles & clothing	602	1,341
Wood & paper	57	22
Chemicals	46	33
Low tech	608	133
High tech.	572	51
Other	134	69

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	139	33
Textiles & clothing	360	798
Wood & paper	32	18
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	648	167
High tech.	1,171	222
Other	68	36

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	186	46
Textiles & clothing	98	113
Wood & paper	85	6
Chemicals	162	37
Low tech	1,461	205
High tech.	3,437	389
Other	165	85

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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