Summary information

Study title

Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) Names and Addresses, 1851-1911: Special Licence Access

Creator

Schurer, K., University of Essex, Department of History
Higgs, E., University of Essex, Department of History

Study number / PID

7856 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-7856-2 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This Special Licence access dataset contains names and addresses from the Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) dataset of the censuses of Great Britain for the period 1851 to 1911. These data are made available under Special Licence (SL) access conditions due to commercial sensitivity.The anonymised main I-CeM database that complements these names and addresses is available under SN 7481. It comprises the Censuses of Great Britain for the period 1851-1911; data are available for England and Wales for 1851-1861 and 1881-1911 (1871 is not currently available for England and Wales) and for Scotland for 1851-1901 (1911 is not currently available for Scotland). The database contains over 180 million individual census records and was digitised and harmonised from the original census enumeration books. It details characteristics for all individuals resident in Great Britain at each of the included Censuses. The original digital data has been coded and standardised; the I-CeM database has consistent geography over time and standardised coding schemes for many census variables. This dataset of names and addresses for individual census records is organised per country (England and Wales; Scotland) and per census year. Within each data file each census record contains first and last name, street address and an individual identification code (RecID) that allows linking with the corresponding anonymised I-CeM record. The data cannot be used for true linking of individual census records across census years for commercial genealogy purposes nor for any other commercial purposes. The SL arrangements are required to ensure that commercial sensitivity is protected. For information on making an application, see the Access section. The data were updated in February 2020, with some files redeposited with longer field length limits. Users should note that some name and address fields are truncated due to the...
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Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England and Wales, Scotland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
National

Universe

Inhabitants of England and Wales in 1851, 1861, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911; and inhabitants of Scotland from 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Text
Numeric

Data collection mode

Transcription

Funding information

Grant number

RES-062-23-1629

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

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

Commercial use is not permitted.

Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. Users must apply for access via a Special Licence application.

Additional conditions of use apply:

These data are made available under Special Licence conditions due to commercial sensitivity. Copies of all publications must be sent to the depositor's nominees (Aoife O'Connor - aoconnor@findmypast.ie and Mary McKee mmckee@findmypast.com) for approval at least 30 working days before the proposed publication date.