Summary information
Study title
Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851
Creator
Macafee, W., New University of Ulster, Education Centre
Morgan, V., New University of Ulster, Education Centre
Study number / PID
1482 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1482-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to transcribe and code the surviving enumerators' returns from the Irish census of 1851, and to analyse this data in order to gain evidence about the demographic and social structure of parts of County Antrim during the mid-nineteenth century.
Main Topics:
Variables
Details of residence, name, age, marital status, date of marriage, literacy, occupation, birth place; absent family members; those members of the family who died between 1841 and 1851.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/04/1979
Country
Northern Ireland
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Families/households
Subnational
Census data
Universe
Enumerators' returns for County Antrim, Nothern Ireland, 1851
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
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
- Morgan, V. (1979) Analysis of the 1851 Irish Census Enumeration Returns for educational and historical research [Research report], Coleraine: Education Centre, New University of Ulster.