Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	144	53
Textiles & clothing	9,986	7,118
Wood & paper	228	30
Chemicals	59	1
Low tech	1,136	30
High tech.	651	5
Other	441	241

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	157	100
Textiles & clothing	7,486	7,511
Wood & paper	187	14
Chemicals	106	1
Low tech	756	8
High tech.	460	38
Other	241	14

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	56	38
Textiles & clothing	2,895	3,733
Wood & paper	242	38
Chemicals	23	0
Low tech	234	0
High tech.	159	0
Other	245	9

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	129	136
Textiles & clothing	2,562	3,541
Wood & paper	156	43
Chemicals	196	33
Low tech	631	24
High tech.	647	21
Other	315	30

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	220	140
Textiles & clothing	2,321	3,324
Wood & paper	246	24
Chemicals	81	10
Low tech	286	8
High tech.	392	29
Other	225	39

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	355	136
Textiles & clothing	1,541	2,775
Wood & paper	482	62
Chemicals	279	16
Low tech	884	51
High tech.	613	61
Other	296	37

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	341	116
Textiles & clothing	1,255	601
Wood & paper	361	53
Chemicals	924	176
Low tech	880	98
High tech.	2,397	323
Other	154	31

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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