Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	436	43
Textiles & clothing	3,616	774
Wood & paper	379	23
Chemicals	88	5
Low tech	2,863	31
High tech.	1,206	1
Other	314	29

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	517	102
Textiles & clothing	3,202	2,971
Wood & paper	384	58
Chemicals	1,043	4
Low tech	6,612	26
High tech.	1,401	1
Other	411	16

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	249	99
Textiles & clothing	2,168	3,629
Wood & paper	359	155
Chemicals	2,263	16
Low tech	7,101	68
High tech.	1,346	9
Other	2,867	115

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	570	724
Textiles & clothing	1,472	3,239
Wood & paper	610	121
Chemicals	3,467	187
Low tech	10,453	172
High tech.	10,948	93
Other	4,106	116

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	987	1,016
Textiles & clothing	830	671
Wood & paper	563	51
Chemicals	2,142	56
Low tech	5,939	227
High tech.	2,358	71
Other	668	156

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,674	1,682
Textiles & clothing	1,329	4,508
Wood & paper	527	152
Chemicals	3,857	831
Low tech	8,380	652
High tech.	6,677	1,649
Other	989	504

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,955	852
Textiles & clothing	3,518	2,867
Wood & paper	1,012	162
Chemicals	4,981	713
Low tech	10,426	544
High tech.	19,512	3,795
Other	1,243	428

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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