Summary information

Study title

Census Enumerators' Books, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 1851-1881

Creator

Garrett, E. M., University of Sheffield, Department of Geography

Study number / PID

2592 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2592-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The focus of the study was the inter-relationship between women's work, particularly that of married women working outside the home, and low levels of fertility in mid-nineteenth century textile communities. Although the data were collected for the purpose of studying fertility patterns, they may be of interest to a wider range of specialists, including social and economic historians, sociologists, geographers and genealogists.
Main Topics:

Variables
Date of census, address code, enumerator's household number, letter denoting type of household living arrangements, e.g. shared homes, surname, forename, relationship to head of household, marital status, sex, age, occupation (name), occupation (numeric code), birthplace (code).

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1983 - 01/01/1984

Country

England

Time dimension

Time Series
4 observations

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
Subnational
Census data
Households
Women

Universe

Persons residing in Keighley on any of the census nights, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Transcription from microfilm copies of enumerators' books.

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1989

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Garrett, E. (1986) Before their time: : family formation in a Northern textile town [dissertation]:University of Sheffield.
  • Garrett, E. (1990) 'The trials of labour: : motherhood versus employment in a nineteenth-century textile centre', Continuity and Change, 121-154