Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	73	8
Textiles & clothing	444	117
Wood & paper	81	2
Chemicals	8	1
Low tech	460	53
High tech.	170	1
Other	36	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	155	36
Textiles & clothing	681	641
Wood & paper	124	4
Chemicals	23	0
Low tech	1,576	181
High tech.	214	0
Other	92	24

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	160	17
Textiles & clothing	440	700
Wood & paper	166	8
Chemicals	56	1
Low tech	3,584	132
High tech.	492	2
Other	586	43

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	509	157
Textiles & clothing	609	765
Wood & paper	131	2
Chemicals	70	4
Low tech	2,093	108
High tech.	873	0
Other	487	37

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	430	55
Textiles & clothing	151	153
Wood & paper	129	2
Chemicals	56	12
Low tech	4,105	209
High tech.	1,504	62
Other	225	335

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	507	137
Textiles & clothing	32	68
Wood & paper	166	25
Chemicals	87	100
Low tech	3,408	596
High tech.	5,093	649
Other	204	421

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	743	190
Textiles & clothing	173	297
Wood & paper	342	27
Chemicals	285	31
Low tech	2,121	326
High tech.	4,062	531
Other	120	65

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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