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Summary information

Study title

Heights and Weights of British School Children, 1908-1950

Creator

Harris, B., University of London, Birkbeck College, Department of History

Study number / PID

3546 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3546-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The project was linked to an existing project on the use of anthropometric data to monitor changes in the health and well-being of past generations. The specific aims of this project were to use information about the heights of British school children to investigate changes in child health between 1908 and 1950. Data about unemployment levels in different areas were used to investigate the impact of unemployment on child health between 1928 and 1938.
Main Topics:

Height, weight and health of school children between 1908 and 1950.

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

Topics

CensusesHistorySocial conditions and indicatorsGeneral health and well-beingChildrenHealth behaviour

Keywords

AGEAGE GROUPSBIRTH RATEDEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICSGENDERHEALTHHEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)INFANT MORTALITYMEDICAL RECORDSMORTALITY RATEREGISTRAR GENERAL'S REPORTSREPORTS
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1984 - 01/01/1985

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Time Series

Analysis unit

Individuals
Groups
Subnational
Pupils

Universe

Children attending public elementary schools between 1908 and 1947 and primary schools between 1947 and 1950; together with some data on children attending secondary schools between 1908 and 1950.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)
Data limited by the availability of Annual Registers and by the availability of the relevant information in the Annual Registers.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Transcription of existing materials

Funding information

Grant number

G00428325035

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1997

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

  • Harrison, B. (1988) 'Unemployment, insurance and health in interwar Britain' in B. Eichengreen and T. Hatton (eds.), , Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 149-183. ISBN902473696X | 9789024736966
  • Harrison, B. (1989) Medical inspection and the nutrition of schoolchildren in Britain, 1900-50, [Thesis]: University of London.
  • Harrison, B. (1993) 'The demographic impact of the First World War: an anthropometric perspective', Social History of Medicine, 343–366
  • Harrison, B. (1994) 'The height of schoolchildren in Britain, 1900-50' in J. Kolmos (ed.), , 25-38. ISBN0226450929 | 9780226450926
  • Harrison, B. (1995) The health of the schoolchild:: a history of the school medical service in England and Wales, Buckingham: Open University Press.ISBN 0335099947 | 9780335099955