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Summary information

Study title

Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey

Creator

Campbell, A. B., University of Liverpool, Department of Economic and Social History

Study number / PID

3651 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3651-1 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The main aim of the project was to analyse the factors influencing trade unionism and politics in the Scots coalfields during the period 1874-1939. The objective of the census survey was to provide information on occupation, age, marital status and place of birth of mineworkers in ten localities which could be used in conjunction with a range of qualitative sources.
Main Topics:

Occupation, age, marital status and birthplace of mineworkers resident in the ten survey localities.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Topics

Economic conditions and indicatorsCensusesHistoryLabour and employment

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE AREASAGECENSUS DATACENSUS ENUMERATORS' BOOKSCOAL MINERSCOAL MININGMARITAL STATUSMENMINERSMININGOCCUPATIONSPLACE OF BIRTH

Methodology

Data collection period

01/06/1989 - 01/07/1989

Country

Scotland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Subnational
Census data
Miners

Universe

All <i>mineworkers</i> resident in the ten survey localities (Annbank, Ayrshire; Hurlford, Ayrshire; Blantyre, Lanarkshire; Larkhall, Lanarkshire; Craigneuk, Lanarkshire; Douglas and Coalburn, Lanarkshire; Newtongrange, Midlothian; Prestonpans, East Lothian; Culross, Fifeshire; and Wemyss, Fifeshire) on the night of the 1891 census. <i>Mineworkers</i> were defined as those mining employees who were eligible to join the main miners' union in the 1890s. Mining occupational groups which were excluded from the survey include: coal mining manager; colliery clerk; colliery oversmen; underground oversman; colliery overseer; colliery enginekeeper; colliery contractor; colliery ropeman; coal carter; colliery tradesmen (such as blacksmiths, engineers, bricklayers, carpenters).

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)
All mineworkers were surveyed in selected localities.

Kind of data

Text
Numeric

Data collection mode

Transcription of existing materials

Funding information

Grant number

H52427500795

Grant number

SOC/181(1838)

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1997

Terms of data access

  The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Related publications

  • Campbell, A. (2000) The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939 : Volume Two: Trade Unions and Politics: Ashgate Publishing.ISBN 0754601927 | 9780754601920