Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	211	17
Textiles & clothing	1,027	393
Wood & paper	105	9
Chemicals	18	0
Low tech	188	2
High tech.	195	1
Other	391	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	243	31
Textiles & clothing	731	983
Wood & paper	117	7
Chemicals	45	5
Low tech	182	2
High tech.	126	2
Other	281	27

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	352	34
Textiles & clothing	802	1,329
Wood & paper	128	64
Chemicals	60	1
Low tech	308	1
High tech.	205	1
Other	814	157

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	478	166
Textiles & clothing	852	1,645
Wood & paper	137	10
Chemicals	76	4
Low tech	429	3
High tech.	548	0
Other	1,242	208

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	583	229
Textiles & clothing	562	549
Wood & paper	171	32
Chemicals	46	5
Low tech	636	65
High tech.	5,217	440
Other	1,754	438

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	796	433
Textiles & clothing	207	289
Wood & paper	241	101
Chemicals	51	9
Low tech	189	12
High tech.	15,854	1,632
Other	1,943	784

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	651	246
Textiles & clothing	39	75
Wood & paper	655	222
Chemicals	57	14
Low tech	284	33
High tech.	20,091	2,606
Other	631	331

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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