Data for 1971	Sex
Standard Industrial Classification (1968)	Male	Female
Agriculture	90	10
Mining	100	0
Food	210	80
Coal & petroleum products	10	0
Chemicals	180	110
Metal Manufacture	80	10
Mechanical Engineering	2,440	580
Instrument Engineering	460	200
Electrical engineering	560	280
Shipbuilding	30	30
Vehicles	200	30
Other Metals	1,090	270
Textiles	0	10
Leather	0	0
Clothing & Footwear	0	60
Bricks etc	540	290
Timber, Furniture	180	70
Paper, Printing	130	90
Other Manufacturing	340	330
Construction	1,620	140
Gas, Electricity, Water	410	70
Transport	3,140	670
Distributive Trades	1,830	1,650
Finance	470	950
Professionals	910	2,060
Miscellaneous Services	1,010	1,180
Public Administration & Defence	630	380

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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