Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	35	11
Textiles & clothing	2,426	1,765
Wood & paper	57	8
Chemicals	16	0
Low tech	299	11
High tech.	161	2
Other	99	53

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	150	30
Textiles & clothing	970	1,174
Wood & paper	136	3
Chemicals	542	3
Low tech	1,689	148
High tech.	801	5
Other	144	19

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	233	76
Textiles & clothing	538	1,089
Wood & paper	279	123
Chemicals	1,106	19
Low tech	4,850	641
High tech.	1,216	20
Other	900	123

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	510	469
Textiles & clothing	4,530	5,685
Wood & paper	623	60
Chemicals	1,676	138
Low tech	9,756	902
High tech.	2,038	39
Other	1,257	100

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	895	441
Textiles & clothing	608	1,489
Wood & paper	208	150
Chemicals	365	225
Low tech	10,646	2,116
High tech.	4,419	327
Other	445	231

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	996	840
Textiles & clothing	673	1,536
Wood & paper	795	556
Chemicals	595	581
Low tech	16,403	5,280
High tech.	5,612	631
Other	1,106	723

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,232	587
Textiles & clothing	2,295	2,641
Wood & paper	842	186
Chemicals	3,122	1,038
Low tech	17,598	4,574
High tech.	5,874	1,367
Other	566	85

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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