Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	227	62
Textiles & clothing	3,861	2,035
Wood & paper	213	17
Chemicals	26	2
Low tech	644	8
High tech.	375	3
Other	249	9

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	285	72
Textiles & clothing	3,306	2,978
Wood & paper	223	30
Chemicals	112	4
Low tech	802	5
High tech.	367	3
Other	264	34

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	343	166
Textiles & clothing	1,916	3,105
Wood & paper	231	60
Chemicals	96	5
Low tech	898	5
High tech.	602	6
Other	776	111

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	373	576
Textiles & clothing	1,066	1,938
Wood & paper	188	51
Chemicals	166	6
Low tech	1,655	128
High tech.	790	5
Other	803	109

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,158	2,028
Textiles & clothing	1,937	2,171
Wood & paper	318	38
Chemicals	145	14
Low tech	595	341
High tech.	1,064	59
Other	648	251

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,343	1,871
Textiles & clothing	1,597	1,928
Wood & paper	417	57
Chemicals	91	11
Low tech	956	738
High tech.	3,960	464
Other	447	156

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,639	1,809
Textiles & clothing	1,786	1,499
Wood & paper	307	60
Chemicals	1,436	171
Low tech	1,902	837
High tech.	1,457	221
Other	303	124

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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