Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	78	4
Textiles & clothing	209	80
Wood & paper	59	3
Chemicals	2	0
Low tech	112	2
High tech.	71	1
Other	24	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	89	5
Textiles & clothing	124	158
Wood & paper	87	3
Chemicals	5	0
Low tech	126	1
High tech.	50	0
Other	15	1

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	82	1
Textiles & clothing	75	129
Wood & paper	57	0
Chemicals	0	1
Low tech	103	1
High tech.	48	0
Other	38	3

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	129	31
Textiles & clothing	77	175
Wood & paper	55	11
Chemicals	13	2
Low tech	143	1
High tech.	194	0
Other	71	7

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	96	14
Textiles & clothing	74	75
Wood & paper	50	3
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	88	1
High tech.	256	6
Other	50	11

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	83	97
Textiles & clothing	29	48
Wood & paper	50	3
Chemicals	30	50
Low tech	52	2
High tech.	445	51
Other	103	20

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	195	48
Textiles & clothing	31	23
Wood & paper	277	41
Chemicals	430	57
Low tech	275	32
High tech.	2,132	218
Other	98	21

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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