Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	62	3
Textiles & clothing	188	105
Wood & paper	45	3
Chemicals	8	1
Low tech	75	1
High tech.	61	1
Other	71	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	70	7
Textiles & clothing	135	149
Wood & paper	32	6
Chemicals	15	1
Low tech	79	1
High tech.	45	0
Other	27	5

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	113	4
Textiles & clothing	248	233
Wood & paper	62	31
Chemicals	28	3
Low tech	112	1
High tech.	69	1
Other	126	22

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	325	138
Textiles & clothing	366	782
Wood & paper	100	15
Chemicals	113	21
Low tech	350	16
High tech.	520	20
Other	477	82

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	792	193
Textiles & clothing	819	612
Wood & paper	313	76
Chemicals	575	259
Low tech	632	78
High tech.	1,831	272
Other	1,620	327

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	463	377
Textiles & clothing	186	379
Wood & paper	317	143
Chemicals	476	174
Low tech	532	139
High tech.	3,930	2,104
Other	993	478

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	660	490
Textiles & clothing	80	150
Wood & paper	310	90
Chemicals	870	180
Low tech	620	210
High tech.	3,780	1,370
Other	640	470

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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