Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	308	9
Textiles & clothing	1,040	288
Wood & paper	215	13
Chemicals	18	0
Low tech	354	3
High tech.	742	3
Other	126	5

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	359	27
Textiles & clothing	1,038	1,433
Wood & paper	258	5
Chemicals	60	1
Low tech	798	3
High tech.	535	1
Other	182	12

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	422	33
Textiles & clothing	601	1,682
Wood & paper	247	10
Chemicals	85	3
Low tech	1,923	13
High tech.	2,695	14
Other	1,046	215

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	826	299
Textiles & clothing	811	2,095
Wood & paper	575	140
Chemicals	282	78
Low tech	1,767	18
High tech.	6,103	15
Other	1,414	110

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	977	255
Textiles & clothing	410	686
Wood & paper	410	111
Chemicals	475	31
Low tech	1,636	37
High tech.	11,423	464
Other	494	168

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	617	228
Textiles & clothing	247	1,006
Wood & paper	483	302
Chemicals	1,109	128
Low tech	1,613	214
High tech.	14,245	1,691
Other	684	498

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	628	222
Textiles & clothing	123	352
Wood & paper	1,638	519
Chemicals	813	211
Low tech	1,761	635
High tech.	16,959	3,930
Other	265	247

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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