Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	871	82
Textiles & clothing	5,359	1,583
Wood & paper	911	25
Chemicals	65	3
Low tech	4,032	352
High tech.	1,764	12
Other	622	270

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	981	103
Textiles & clothing	3,644	3,490
Wood & paper	831	25
Chemicals	152	12
Low tech	3,450	218
High tech.	1,211	14
Other	513	121

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	784	88
Textiles & clothing	2,342	2,647
Wood & paper	376	30
Chemicals	168	5
Low tech	2,404	106
High tech.	1,201	7
Other	1,126	175

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,282	369
Textiles & clothing	1,428	2,132
Wood & paper	322	5
Chemicals	156	9
Low tech	4,759	239
High tech.	2,223	2
Other	1,136	86

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,362	339
Textiles & clothing	1,197	843
Wood & paper	376	5
Chemicals	88	14
Low tech	1,977	135
High tech.	2,029	83
Other	742	136

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,705	574
Textiles & clothing	489	689
Wood & paper	299	18
Chemicals	201	92
Low tech	1,592	464
High tech.	5,030	858
Other	619	277

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,643	394
Textiles & clothing	431	1,068
Wood & paper	677	57
Chemicals	716	83
Low tech	4,404	716
High tech.	11,289	1,615
Other	320	151

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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