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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 3895 Machine-readable Version of the 1861 Census and Vital Registration Database 389510.5255/UKDA-SN-3895-1 Gatley, D. Alan, University of Staffordshire, School of Social Sciences Copyright David Alan Gatley Local Population Studies Research FundUniversity of Staffordshire UK Data Service 19 January 1999 AGEAGRICULTURAL WORKERSARMED FORCESBRICKSBUILDINGSCAUSES OF DEATHCENSUS DATACENSUS RECORDSCIVIL VITAL REGISTRATION RECORDSDISABILITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYHOUSINGINDUSTRIAL WORKERSINSTITUTIONSMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARITAL STATUSMENMETAL INDUSTRYMINERSMORTALITYNATALITYNUPTIALITYOCCUPATIONSPLACE OF BIRTHPOPULATIONPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION DYNAMICSREGISTRAR GENERAL'S REPORTSSERVANTSTEXTILE INDUSTRYVITAL STATISTICSWOMENWORKERSCENSUS REPORTSGRID REFERENCES HistoryDemography (population, vital statistics and censuses)Censuses Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The dataset was created as part of the Victorian Census Project at Staffordshire University. The main aims of the project were to computerise the 1861 Census Reports, the Registrar General's Annual Report for 1861 and the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement for 1851-60. Further information about the Victorian Census Project can be found at: <A HREF=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/census> http://www.staffs.ac.uk/census</a>Main Topics: The dataset consists of two files, each containing data for registration districts in 1861. The main file contains 114 variables relating to : buildings and dwellings; male and female population; marriages 1851-61; births 1851-61; deaths 1851-61; ages of males and females; marital status of males and females aged 20 and over; disabilities and institutionalised populations; birthplaces of the population; occupations and employment status of males and females aged 20 and over; causes of death 1851-61; and ages at death 1851-61. The secondary file contains 17 variables relating to: grid references; percentage change in population 1851-61; population density; gender ratio; males employed in textiles per 1000; males employed in metals per 1000; males in the armed forces per 1000; agricultural workers per 1000 males; males in mining and bricks per 1000; males in manufacturing per 1000; women domestic servants per 1000. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research. England and Wales IndividualsNational Inhabitants of Registration Districts and Poor Law Unions at the time of the 1861 Census. Numeric Cross-sectional (one-time) study No sampling (total universe) Transcription of existing materialsCompilation or synthesis of existing materialTranscription of sources was partial. The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Gatley, D. (1997) 'Computerising the 1861 Census and Vital Registration Statistics', Local Population Studies, 37-47 Computerising the 1861 Census and Vital Registration Statistics Hudson, J. (1998) Residence and Kinship in a clothing community :: Stonehouse 1558-1804, [Thesis], Bristol: University of Bristol. Residence and Kinship in a clothing community : https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 3895 2024-11-28T07:23:46Z ddi:codebook:2_5