Great Britain Historical Database : Census Data : Age and Sex Statistics, 1851-1971

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.

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Population figures for Registration Sub-Districts England and Wales arranged by age and sex and given in Quinquennial bands, 1881. Population figures arranged by age and sex at county level for Scotland 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1911. Population figures in Quinquennial bands in 1931 for Scottish counties, county districts and burghs. Population figures for Local Government Districts in England and Wales arranged by age and sex, 1939. Population statistics arranged by gender from the 1939 National Register. Population figures in 1971 arranged by age and sex for Local authority wards. Population figures of Local Government District in 1971 arranged by sex. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

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Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4551-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=70edaef8ae84c304dd8ff4525cb8085e3726cf3db6032253e4a00ef64a1b6bf4
Provenance
Creator Dorling, D., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Geography; Southall, H. R., University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Geography; Ell, P., Queen's University of Belfast, Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis; Aucott, P., University of Portsmouth, Department of Geography
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2004
Funding Reference Economic and Social Research Council
Rights Copyright Southall, H.R.,University of Portsmouth. Aucott, P.,University of Portsmouth. Dorling, D.,University of Sheffield. Ell, P.,Queen's University of Belfast.; <p>These data are currently unavailable for download.</p><p>Users can browse the Great Britain Historical Database documentation system online by accessing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gbhdb/" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A Vision of Britain webpages</a>.</p>
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Resource Type Numeric
Discipline History; Humanities
Spatial Coverage England and Wales; England; Great Britain; Scotland