The table give information about the number of male and female factory workers in Germany from 1851 to
1901, as well as the total number of employees and factories during this period.
At the onset, we can observe that the total number of factory workers decreased significantly, while the number of factories increased until 1881 and then fell slightly by 1901. It is also noticeable that male workers were always more numerous than female workers, although both groups showed a downward trend.
In 1851, there were 287,100 male and 190,000 female workers, making a total of 477,100 employees in 225 factories. As for, ten years later, the number of male workers dropped sharply to about 131,780, whereas female workers rose slightly to 160,000. At the same time, the number of factories almost remained the same at 227.
Moving on to, after 1861, both male and female employment continued to decline. The number of factories, however, rose dramatically, reaching 721 in 1881. By the final year, 1901, the number of factories decreased a little to 600, while the total number of workers fell to just 61,000, showing a major reduction compared with 1851.