Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	94	7
Textiles & clothing	1,753	1,140
Wood & paper	108	7
Chemicals	14	1
Low tech	640	29
High tech.	183	1
Other	59	21

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	787	12
Textiles & clothing	851	1,152
Wood & paper	409	3
Chemicals	27	2
Low tech	682	35
High tech.	242	1
Other	64	3

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	442	7
Textiles & clothing	327	748
Wood & paper	121	2
Chemicals	15	3
Low tech	894	193
High tech.	197	0
Other	186	20

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	285	65
Textiles & clothing	1,241	1,563
Wood & paper	150	40
Chemicals	107	6
Low tech	1,244	79
High tech.	645	6
Other	414	17

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	554	103
Textiles & clothing	636	536
Wood & paper	147	40
Chemicals	143	47
Low tech	3,310	833
High tech.	586	37
Other	112	60

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	459	236
Textiles & clothing	144	271
Wood & paper	71	18
Chemicals	73	39
Low tech	2,517	727
High tech.	478	80
Other	112	75

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	395	137
Textiles & clothing	1,182	895
Wood & paper	367	53
Chemicals	616	100
Low tech	2,360	234
High tech.	1,333	210
Other	187	62

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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