Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	282	9
Textiles & clothing	729	297
Wood & paper	148	21
Chemicals	15	0
Low tech	287	2
High tech.	331	1
Other	121	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	502	38
Textiles & clothing	807	1,275
Wood & paper	198	40
Chemicals	62	2
Low tech	442	4
High tech.	296	0
Other	183	21

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	517	25
Textiles & clothing	567	1,026
Wood & paper	156	42
Chemicals	54	0
Low tech	397	2
High tech.	355	1
Other	467	88

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	632	225
Textiles & clothing	551	1,230
Wood & paper	520	145
Chemicals	236	77
Low tech	1,394	17
High tech.	1,799	3
Other	1,036	92

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	722	140
Textiles & clothing	283	276
Wood & paper	434	112
Chemicals	39	7
Low tech	260	3
High tech.	654	24
Other	373	126

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	560	160
Textiles & clothing	75	327
Wood & paper	359	182
Chemicals	144	134
Low tech	352	46
High tech.	737	82
Other	397	508

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	403	158
Textiles & clothing	108	129
Wood & paper	1,586	233
Chemicals	1,030	312
Low tech	1,234	123
High tech.	2,045	313
Other	325	63

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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