Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	197	7
Textiles & clothing	484	175
Wood & paper	60	3
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	218	4
High tech.	174	8
Other	34	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	30
Textiles & clothing	465	774
Wood & paper	68	0
Chemicals	27	5
Low tech	255	2
High tech.	146	0
Other	68	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	245	20
Textiles & clothing	348	619
Wood & paper	82	4
Chemicals	27	0
Low tech	235	4
High tech.	152	4
Other	204	18

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	403	99
Textiles & clothing	299	708
Wood & paper	141	11
Chemicals	42	1
Low tech	512	4
High tech.	333	0
Other	344	84

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	369	81
Textiles & clothing	164	107
Wood & paper	237	188
Chemicals	35	1
Low tech	726	2
High tech.	282	13
Other	279	107

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	641	414
Textiles & clothing	44	46
Wood & paper	234	188
Chemicals	24	4
Low tech	909	72
High tech.	688	34
Other	400	225

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	582	244
Textiles & clothing	85	76
Wood & paper	611	108
Chemicals	503	69
Low tech	894	58
High tech.	1,016	138
Other	57	28

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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