Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	90	4
Textiles & clothing	208	105
Wood & paper	37	18
Chemicals	4	0
Low tech	100	4
High tech.	77	2
Other	23	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	67	3
Textiles & clothing	79	83
Wood & paper	30	0
Chemicals	18	16
Low tech	114	4
High tech.	49	0
Other	7	2

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	104	4
Textiles & clothing	66	91
Wood & paper	68	2
Chemicals	7	0
Low tech	411	1
High tech.	70	0
Other	270	3

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	341	71
Textiles & clothing	265	537
Wood & paper	111	7
Chemicals	169	35
Low tech	491	9
High tech.	644	13
Other	301	29

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	992	351
Textiles & clothing	116	131
Wood & paper	469	223
Chemicals	1,023	32
Low tech	1,649	59
High tech.	914	70
Other	790	252

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	862	520
Textiles & clothing	1,645	1,210
Wood & paper	2,219	694
Chemicals	3,232	387
Low tech	2,615	215
High tech.	1,736	69
Other	140	30

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,369	626
Textiles & clothing	1,101	1,779
Wood & paper	3,373	625
Chemicals	3,847	359
Low tech	3,112	389
High tech.	3,905	666
Other	214	117

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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