Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	194	89
Textiles & clothing	2,489	592
Wood & paper	319	2
Chemicals	12	1
Low tech	1,264	24
High tech.	321	1
Other	173	6

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	278	153
Textiles & clothing	1,973	2,065
Wood & paper	277	3
Chemicals	79	1
Low tech	1,874	104
High tech.	310	0
Other	185	28

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	176	82
Textiles & clothing	1,726	2,093
Wood & paper	153	15
Chemicals	145	18
Low tech	4,418	747
High tech.	362	1
Other	724	33

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	391	225
Textiles & clothing	1,741	3,570
Wood & paper	344	0
Chemicals	174	12
Low tech	8,422	906
High tech.	1,311	2
Other	1,525	21

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	695	147
Textiles & clothing	916	1,072
Wood & paper	488	3
Chemicals	122	1
Low tech	8,945	1,138
High tech.	1,092	19
Other	380	39

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,366	384
Textiles & clothing	315	438
Wood & paper	372	33
Chemicals	1,110	79
Low tech	8,205	1,491
High tech.	2,871	838
Other	676	287

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,524	321
Textiles & clothing	185	339
Wood & paper	187	29
Chemicals	335	48
Low tech	5,383	302
High tech.	5,664	1,191
Other	436	107

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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