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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 8698 British Peers, 1603-1959 869810.5255/UKDA-SN-8698-1 Reid, A., University of Cambridge Newton, G., University of Cambridge Copyright Newton, G., Oeppen, J. and Hollingsworth, T. H. UK Data Service 01 February 2021 ARISTOCRACYELITEPOLITICAL HISTORYSCOTLANDBRITISH HISTORYENGLAND AND WALESUPPER HOUSEIRELANDPOWER ELITESOCIAL HISTORYNORTHERN IRELANDUNITED KINGDOMFAMILIESGENTRY HistoryPolitics <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><span>The British Peers database is a demographic dataset detailing births, deaths and marriages of English, Irish and Scottish peers (ie elite individuals who were members of the aristocracy) born between 1527 and 1945, and their children, covering the entire British peerage between 1603 and 1959. The rules for inclusion follow the line of succession, so that all legitimate children and grandchildren are included, and known numbers of illegitimate and stillborn children noted where possible. The dataset was originally compiled by T H Hollingsworth in the 1960s and later redigitised and restructured at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. It has been used to investigate changes in elite mortality and life expectancy over time, as well as to analyse aspects of fertility and nuptiality.</span><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><p>Population history, elite mortality, elite life expectancy, natural fertility, elite nuptiality.</p> United KingdomEngland and WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern Ireland Individuals all members of the British peerage Cross-sectional (one-time) study No sampling (total universe) Compilation/Synthesis <p><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/assets/img/logo-cc-nc.png" /></a>&nbsp; The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International</a> Licence.</p> See <restrctn> T H Hollingsworth: 'The Demography of the British Peerage', Population Studies, 18:2 (1964) http://www.demogr.mpg.de/publications/files/1305_1048091490_1_doblhammer_oeppen%20Proceedings%20B%20.pdf Richard Smith and Jim Oeppen: ‘Place and Status as Determinants of Infant Mortality in England c. 1550-1837’, in Eilidh Garrett et al (eds), Infant Mortality: a Continuing Social Problem, Ashgate, 200 T H Hollingsworth: 'The Demography of the British Peerage', Population Studies, 18:2 (1964) https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 8698 2024-11-29T07:24:46Z ddi:codebook:2_5