Summary information
Study title
Migration in the Northern Highlands, 1851-1891
Creator
Hildebrandt, R., University of Glasgow
Study number / PID
991 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-991-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
To study unpublished census data concentrating on the extent, direction and causes of population movements within the Northern Highland counties during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Main Topics:
Variables
Age, sex, occupation(s) and parish of birth. In addition, in 1891, it was also noted whether an individual spoke only Gaelic, or was bilingual. Names and addresses were not included.
Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/07/1974 - 01/08/1974
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
Time Series
Decennial data
Analysis unit
Individuals
Subnational
Census data
Heads of households
Universe
Heads of households within the Northern Highland countries during the second half of the nineteenth century
Sampling procedure
Simple random sample
systematic sample of heads of families: 1 in 20
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1978
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
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