Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	84	36
Textiles & clothing	5,718	4,364
Wood & paper	124	17
Chemicals	20	2
Low tech	567	13
High tech.	409	2
Other	331	242

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	191	75
Textiles & clothing	9,790	9,437
Wood & paper	282	35
Chemicals	208	5
Low tech	1,588	7
High tech.	661	54
Other	255	16

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	508	217
Textiles & clothing	16,473	24,588
Wood & paper	896	167
Chemicals	158	6
Low tech	2,110	8
High tech.	1,353	19
Other	1,623	112

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,060	969
Textiles & clothing	21,442	33,888
Wood & paper	959	216
Chemicals	516	84
Low tech	3,305	49
High tech.	3,825	296
Other	1,776	132

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,671	774
Textiles & clothing	10,090	16,181
Wood & paper	2,007	297
Chemicals	654	219
Low tech	2,069	52
High tech.	3,365	383
Other	1,549	297

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	2,107	849
Textiles & clothing	8,056	15,042
Wood & paper	2,419	602
Chemicals	1,330	648
Low tech	1,388	172
High tech.	9,146	3,374
Other	954	410

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,741	724
Textiles & clothing	5,366	4,391
Wood & paper	1,195	238
Chemicals	1,367	631
Low tech	3,018	1,771
High tech.	9,820	3,255
Other	624	171

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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