Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	20	20
Mining	40	10
Food	5,840	2,770
Coal & petroleum products	10	0
Chemicals	1,870	1,430
Metal Manufacture	1,130	220
Mechanical Engineering	6,860	800
Instrument Engineering	380	110
Electrical engineering	6,840	670
Shipbuilding	4,090	300
Vehicles	220	40
Other Metals	540	170
Textiles	170	90
Leather	170	60
Clothing & Footwear	350	1,510
Bricks etc	470	140
Timber, Furniture	1,120	190
Paper, Printing	2,050	880
Other Manufacturing	910	370
Construction	10,000	570
Gas, Electricity, Water	2,200	910
Transport	9,980	2,530
Distributive Trades	9,580	14,660
Finance	3,000	3,490
Professionals	8,930	15,180
Miscellaneous Services	6,820	9,030
Public Administration & Defence	7,480	4,870

Date:	Source:
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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