Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	12,660	2,590
Mining	6,290	510
Food	2,010	670
Coal & petroleum products	10	0
Chemicals	220	40
Metal Manufacture	180	0
Mechanical Engineering	4,310	630
Instrument Engineering	610	340
Electrical engineering	570	810
Shipbuilding	2,450	120
Vehicles	200	40
Other Metals	560	100
Textiles	840	560
Leather	260	100
Clothing & Footwear	230	1,300
Bricks etc	1,010	370
Timber, Furniture	800	80
Paper, Printing	790	410
Other Manufacturing	280	290
Construction	12,780	410
Gas, Electricity, Water	2,200	240
Transport	7,240	920
Distributive Trades	10,970	9,790
Finance	1,790	1,580
Professionals	5,500	8,980
Miscellaneous Services	9,470	10,790
Public Administration & Defence	9,850	1,960

Date:	Source:
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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