Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Population, 1570-1974

UKDA study number:4093

Principal Investigators

Williams, J.
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics
National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate
University of Essex. History Data Service
Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

July 2001

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Williams, J. et al. , Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Population, 1570-1974 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2001. SN: 4093 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4093-1

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4093 . Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Population, 1570-1974

Depositor:

Swires-Hennessy, E. , National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

Principal Investigators:

Williams, J. , University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics

National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

University of Essex. History Data Service

Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor:

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

Abstract:

This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.

Main Topics:

The main tables are:

Total population and intercensal change by sex by county, 1801-1971
Number of females per 1000 males by county, 1801-1971
Age and marital condition by sex, 1841-1971
Area/acreage by county, 1841-1971
Population of Registration Counties as constituted at the time of each Census, 1841-1911
Comparative area and population of Registration, Ancient and Administrative Counties, 1891
Parish Register returns of baptisms, burials and marriages, 1700-1840
Estimated mid-year population by sex, 1841-1974
Estimated mid-year population totals by county, 1903-1974
Number of deaths by sex, crude death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1974
Number of births and birth-rates, 1839-1974
Number of marriages and rate per 1000 population, 1839-1974
Population of towns, 1801-1971
Net migration and natural increase, number and per cent for each, inter-censal period, by county, 1841-1971
Number born in Wales and living in United States, 1850-1970
Number of Welsh speakers by sex, by county and county borough, 1891-1971
Welsh speakers as a percentage of total population over three years of age, by county and county borough, 1891-1971
Welsh-speaking population by age, 1901-1971

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: 1570 - 1974 The dataset consists of 18 tables which cover different periods: see Main Topics below.
Country: Wales
Spatial Units: (A)Counties; (B)Administrative Districts; (C)Registration districts; (D)Countries
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Administrative units in Wales

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Williams, J. (1985) Digest of Welsh historical statistics The Welsh Office (2 vols.)

Books and Theses:

; M.W. Flinn (1970) British population growth, 1700-1850
D.V. Glass and D.E.C. Eversley eds. (1965) Population in history
D.V. Glass ed. (1973) Numbering the people, Farnborough
D.V. Glass ed. (1973) The population controversy, Farnborough
P.N. Jones (1965) 'Aspects of the population and settlement geography of the south Wales coalfield', University of Birmingham PhD thesis
W. King (1929) 'A statistical study of the rural population of Wales in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries', University of Wales thesis
D.C. Marsh (1965) The changing social structure of England and Wales, rev. ed.
B. Philip (1975) The Welsh question, Cardiff
B. Thomas (1954) Migration and Economic Growth, Cambridge
B. Thomas ed. (1962) The Welsh economy, Cardiff
E.A. Wrigley (1969) Population and history
E.A. Wrigley ed. (1972) Nineteenth century society, Cambridge
E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield (1981) The population history of England, 1541-1871


Articles:

D. Williams (1936) 'A note on the population of Wales, 1536-1801' in B.B.C.S. viii
D. Williams (1935) 'Some figures relating to emigration from Wales' in B.B.C.S. vii, viii
D.V. Glass (1951-2) 'A note on the under-registration of births in Britain in the nineteenth century' in Population Studies v
J.T. Krause 'Changes in English fertility and mortality, 1781-1850' in Economic History Review 2nd series, xi
B. Thomas (1930) 'The migration of labour into the Glamorgan coalfield 1861-1911' in Economica


Government and Official Publications:

Reports of the Census of Great Britain, 1801-1851
Abstracts of the Census of Great Britain, 1801-1851
Reports of the Census of England and Wales, 1861-1971
Tables of the Census of England and Wales, 1861-1971
Registrar General Annual Reports 1838-1920
Registrar General Statistical Review 1921-1973
Guides to Official Sources, no.2: Census Reports of Great Britain, 1801-1931
Royal Commission on Land in Wales Appendix, 1896
Royal Commission on Population 1949
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys, Population Estimates 1974 revised, 1975 provisional
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys, Population Trends 1975
U.S. Census of Population
Report of departmental committee to enquire into position of the Welsh language 1927
Report on the Welsh language today Council of Wales and Monmouthshire, 1963
The Legal Status of the Welsh Language Report of the Hughes-Parry Committee, 1965
Control Operations: Proofreading

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English and Welsh

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Date of First Release:

31 July 2001

Copyright:

Crown copyright held jointly with the History Data Service. Crown copyright material reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office

File last updated:

10 July 2014