Summary information

Study title

1851 National Census : Random One per Cent Sample of Norwich Wards

Creator

Cameron, J., University of East Anglia, School of Development Studies

Study number / PID

1745 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1745-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of this study was to transcribe and code a random one per cent sample of individuals recorded in the 1851 Norwich Census.
Main Topics:

Variables
Sex, age, occupation, birthplace, number of people recorded in individual's household with same surname, plus servants, whether individual is hospital resident or lodger.


Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
Subnational
Census data

Universe

Persons residing in Norwich on the night of the 1851 Census.

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample
one per cent random sample of individuals recorded in the 1851 Norwich Census

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1982

Terms of data access

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

Related publications

Not available