Summary information

Study title

Great Britain Historical Database : Vital Statistics, Marriage Statistics, 1841-1914

Creator

Gilbert, D. R., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography
Southall, H. R., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography
Gregory, I., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography

Study number / PID

3709 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3709-2 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online. The Great Britain Historical GIS Project has also produced digitised boundary data, which can be obtained from the UK Data Service Census Support service. Further information is available at census.ukdataservice.ac.ukMain Topics: The Great Britain Historical Database is a large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics. Where practical the referencing of spatial units has been integrated, data for different dates have been assembled into single tables. The Great Britain Historical Database currently contains :Statistics from the 1861 Census and the Registrar General's reports, 1851-1861 Employment statistics from the census, 1841-1931 Demographic statistics from the census, 1841-1931 Mortality statistics from the Registrar General's reports, 1861-1920 Marriage statistics from the Registrar General's reports, 1841-1870 Trade union statistics for the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE), 1851-1918 Trade union statistics for the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASCJ), 1863-1912 Official poor law statistics, 1859-1915 and 1919-1939 Wage statistics, 1845-1906 Hours of work statistics, 1900-1913 Small debt statistics from county courts, 1847-1913 and 1938 There are seven tables in this part of the Great Britain Historical Database : mar_rd holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from 1841 to 1870. mar_1840 holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from...
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1977 - 01/01/1996

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Annual data
Time Series

Analysis unit

National
Marriages
Administrative units (geographical/political)

Universe

Administrative units in the British Isles.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Text
Numeric

Data collection mode

Transcription
Compilation/Synthesis

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1998

Terms of data access

These data are currently unavailable for download.

Users can browse the Great Britain Historical Database documentation system online by accessing A Vision of Britain webpages.

Related publications

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