Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	692	32
Textiles & clothing	1,761	679
Wood & paper	435	16
Chemicals	38	1
Low tech	867	14
High tech.	712	6
Other	211	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	870	74
Textiles & clothing	1,768	2,005
Wood & paper	527	2
Chemicals	94	6
Low tech	1,161	11
High tech.	596	2
Other	315	32

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,064	109
Textiles & clothing	1,507	2,367
Wood & paper	488	39
Chemicals	186	9
Low tech	1,601	11
High tech.	883	8
Other	1,293	181

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,834	632
Textiles & clothing	1,650	4,270
Wood & paper	409	14
Chemicals	332	59
Low tech	1,710	11
High tech.	1,628	7
Other	1,922	194

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,908	483
Textiles & clothing	1,257	1,310
Wood & paper	691	91
Chemicals	175	18
Low tech	1,386	41
High tech.	2,499	124
Other	1,668	281

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,520	472
Textiles & clothing	601	703
Wood & paper	620	62
Chemicals	179	70
Low tech	1,634	157
High tech.	1,654	325
Other	1,819	645

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,879	639
Textiles & clothing	455	988
Wood & paper	1,045	88
Chemicals	1,204	582
Low tech	2,531	337
High tech.	6,793	2,558
Other	1,985	707

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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