Summary information
Study title
Elites in British Society Since 1880
Creator
Perkin, H. James, University of Lancaster, Centre for Social History
Study number / PID
1157 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1157-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of these data is to study the social origins and residual economic worth of elite individuals in British society, 1880-1970.
Main Topics:
Variables
Sex, date of birth, elite category (e.g. Cabinet Ministers, peerage, landowners, millionaires, company chairmen), inherited title, highest created title, Government of first peerage creation, membership of Governments, primary and secondary occupations, place of secondary and higher education, religion, party afiliation, highest level of political participation, probate and land valuation, kinship with other wealth holders/other elites.
Father: elite category, title, social class, occupation, probate and land valuation, date of death.
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
01/01/1974 - 31/12/1975
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
National
Elites
Universe
Individuals occupying elite positions in selected sectors of British Society between 1880 and 1970
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Funding information
Grant number
HR2736/2
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1979
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
- Ginsburg, H. and Perkin, H. (1977) 'Die Rekrutierung der Eliten in der Britischen Gesellschaft seit 1880', Geschichte und Gesellschaft, 485-502
- Perkin, H. (0001) 'The recruitment of elites in British society since 1880', Journal of Social History
- Perkin, H. (0001) Elites in British society since 1880.
- Perkin, H. (1976) The economic worth of elites in British Society since 1880: Final report to Social Science Research Council [Research report], : Social Science Research Council.