Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	183	8
Textiles & clothing	424	214
Wood & paper	76	36
Chemicals	9	1
Low tech	203	7
High tech.	157	4
Other	46	4

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	190	14
Textiles & clothing	304	488
Wood & paper	61	0
Chemicals	17	1
Low tech	232	4
High tech.	154	0
Other	40	6

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	235	22
Textiles & clothing	246	543
Wood & paper	65	1
Chemicals	12	0
Low tech	340	2
High tech.	312	3
Other	300	30

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	463	123
Textiles & clothing	416	988
Wood & paper	156	12
Chemicals	308	76
Low tech	722	20
High tech.	1,032	25
Other	511	62

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	614	66
Textiles & clothing	246	284
Wood & paper	165	28
Chemicals	167	36
Low tech	153	3
High tech.	789	38
Other	397	55

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	706	160
Textiles & clothing	158	565
Wood & paper	76	3
Chemicals	299	114
Low tech	271	34
High tech.	941	146
Other	269	59

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	436	134
Textiles & clothing	324	281
Wood & paper	430	79
Chemicals	490	114
Low tech	994	125
High tech.	2,392	546
Other	513	203

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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