Summary information
Study title
Psephological Datasets, 1702-1865; Totnes Poll Books, 1837-1865
Creator
Crompton, F., Worcester College of Higher Education
Study number / PID
3032 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3032-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This series of datasets contains information collected from poll books in the course of research and teaching.Study No. 3032 comprises a computer transcript of the Totnes poll books in order to investigate voting behaviour using nominal record linkage.
Main Topics:
Voting behaviour.
Variables:
Name; occupation; address; vote; generation; place of abode; place of freehold.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1989 - 01/01/1994
Country
England
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
Subnational
Electors
Individuals
Text units (documents/chapters/words)
Universe
All electors voting in a single place in the Totnes Borough General Elections of 1837, 1857 and 1865.
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Text
Numeric
Data collection mode
Transcription of existing materials
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1995
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
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