Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	135	6
Textiles & clothing	360	137
Wood & paper	101	6
Chemicals	3	0
Low tech	193	3
High tech.	122	2
Other	41	3

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	407	27
Textiles & clothing	827	1,239
Wood & paper	181	6
Chemicals	52	5
Low tech	524	3
High tech.	435	1
Other	209	29

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	463	50
Textiles & clothing	849	1,270
Wood & paper	151	19
Chemicals	83	6
Low tech	642	8
High tech.	588	3
Other	650	80

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	758	290
Textiles & clothing	707	1,708
Wood & paper	99	3
Chemicals	90	22
Low tech	841	8
High tech.	2,227	16
Other	641	54

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	810	213
Textiles & clothing	421	379
Wood & paper	164	5
Chemicals	28	4
Low tech	400	8
High tech.	2,379	153
Other	378	77

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	675	175
Textiles & clothing	144	136
Wood & paper	547	108
Chemicals	14	1
Low tech	260	18
High tech.	3,831	298
Other	395	162

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	450	107
Textiles & clothing	120	124
Wood & paper	340	11
Chemicals	420	129
Low tech	1,210	208
High tech.	4,600	595
Other	190	28

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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