Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	486	20
Textiles & clothing	1,471	818
Wood & paper	354	23
Chemicals	59	5
Low tech	590	9
High tech.	475	6
Other	552	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	211	9
Textiles & clothing	580	590
Wood & paper	218	9
Chemicals	28	1
Low tech	291	3
High tech.	135	0
Other	131	7

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	206	12
Textiles & clothing	381	443
Wood & paper	141	86
Chemicals	28	0
Low tech	238	2
High tech.	158	0
Other	203	45

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	344	123
Textiles & clothing	389	649
Wood & paper	107	17
Chemicals	145	23
Low tech	388	17
High tech.	540	18
Other	437	58

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	432	80
Textiles & clothing	505	367
Wood & paper	167	14
Chemicals	27	6
Low tech	333	9
High tech.	925	48
Other	342	64

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	256	51
Textiles & clothing	386	528
Wood & paper	244	55
Chemicals	198	128
Low tech	421	59
High tech.	1,410	146
Other	351	188

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	220	66
Textiles & clothing	146	117
Wood & paper	345	52
Chemicals	902	308
Low tech	1,100	195
High tech.	4,130	829
Other	286	113

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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