Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	87	59
Textiles & clothing	11,793	8,467
Wood & paper	182	32
Chemicals	18	2
Low tech	851	52
High tech.	623	4
Other	396	110

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	288	106
Textiles & clothing	15,107	15,373
Wood & paper	353	27
Chemicals	262	16
Low tech	3,919	21
High tech.	1,708	40
Other	450	63

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	323	209
Textiles & clothing	21,369	27,912
Wood & paper	559	93
Chemicals	185	23
Low tech	6,370	34
High tech.	3,427	123
Other	2,920	658

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	923	1,212
Textiles & clothing	25,917	34,215
Wood & paper	957	293
Chemicals	739	159
Low tech	7,330	177
High tech.	12,239	193
Other	2,431	287

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,276	1,061
Textiles & clothing	27,452	30,151
Wood & paper	748	270
Chemicals	584	216
Low tech	2,084	152
High tech.	10,868	1,441
Other	1,116	448

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,525	969
Textiles & clothing	20,714	26,644
Wood & paper	1,600	575
Chemicals	1,054	465
Low tech	2,443	404
High tech.	18,109	4,256
Other	1,921	1,300

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,606	1,587
Textiles & clothing	5,658	6,162
Wood & paper	1,899	596
Chemicals	2,451	641
Low tech	3,239	435
High tech.	13,221	3,782
Other	1,167	398

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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