Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	53	3
Textiles & clothing	854	676
Wood & paper	58	4
Chemicals	8	0
Low tech	296	12
High tech.	118	1
Other	56	11

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	73	4
Textiles & clothing	680	852
Wood & paper	56	5
Chemicals	15	2
Low tech	217	3
High tech.	85	1
Other	11	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	76	7
Textiles & clothing	1,193	1,354
Wood & paper	85	28
Chemicals	88	49
Low tech	644	43
High tech.	369	4
Other	380	69

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	241	118
Textiles & clothing	2,071	2,802
Wood & paper	197	101
Chemicals	128	10
Low tech	2,011	183
High tech.	950	7
Other	587	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	256	69
Textiles & clothing	4,446	4,926
Wood & paper	234	137
Chemicals	188	23
Low tech	2,858	187
High tech.	1,447	276
Other	697	630

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	277	106
Textiles & clothing	2,288	3,554
Wood & paper	150	81
Chemicals	261	137
Low tech	4,082	734
High tech.	1,435	432
Other	931	523

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	349	137
Textiles & clothing	1,693	1,220
Wood & paper	498	60
Chemicals	871	131
Low tech	3,380	318
High tech.	1,859	321
Other	269	85

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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