Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	66	4
Textiles & clothing	485	377
Wood & paper	49	0
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	185	22
High tech.	69	1
Other	37	2

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	86	7
Textiles & clothing	210	226
Wood & paper	48	6
Chemicals	10	1
Low tech	432	33
High tech.	131	2
Other	74	23

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	151	23
Textiles & clothing	230	429
Wood & paper	71	48
Chemicals	39	23
Low tech	1,429	288
High tech.	288	10
Other	366	202

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	109	36
Textiles & clothing	190	479
Wood & paper	43	27
Chemicals	14	2
Low tech	402	103
High tech.	290	30
Other	115	8

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	240	81
Textiles & clothing	182	227
Wood & paper	100	26
Chemicals	125	50
Low tech	916	202
High tech.	1,111	185
Other	605	132

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	326	163
Textiles & clothing	91	254
Wood & paper	302	199
Chemicals	266	108
Low tech	1,190	525
High tech.	5,956	1,573
Other	514	285

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	458	261
Textiles & clothing	266	306
Wood & paper	689	295
Chemicals	491	181
Low tech	2,744	592
High tech.	13,426	2,504
Other	409	349

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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