Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851

UKDA study number:1978

Principal Investigator

Beadle, S.

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

1984

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Beadle, S., Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 1984. SN: 1978, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1978-1

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1978 . Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851

Depositor:

Beadle, S.

Principal Investigator:

Beadle, S.

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council

Abstract:

To investigate how economic changes in two relatively discrete mining districts of Somerset and Lancashire may have influenced the kind of demographic changes occurring in them during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Main Topics:

Variables
Age, birthplace, family size, family structure, child-woman ratios, occupation, family workforce, lodgers.

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

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1851
Country: England
Geography: Ashwick; Babington; Bishop Sutton; Camerton; Charlton; Chilcompton; Clandown; Clapton; Clutton; Coleford; Downside; Dunkerton; Farmborough; Farrington Gurney; Foxcote; Hallatrow; High Littleton; Holcombe; Kilmersdon; Midsomer Norton; Parr; Paulton; Radstock; Shoscombe; St. Helens; Stratton on the Fosse; Sutton; Timsbury; Wellow; Welton; Windle; Writhlington; Lancashire; Somerset
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Families/households

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Households in the Somerset coalfield and St. Helens, Lancashire as recorded in Census Enumerators' books in 1851

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: 7822 (target)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: 1851 Census enumerators' books

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

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Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
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Date of First Release:

March 1984

File last updated:

19 December 2011