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The purpose of this study was to collect and codify data from a sample of the Warrington census enumerators' books for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881.
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1841 Number of persons in household; first name; surname; sex; age; marital status; relationship to head of household; occupation, rank or profession; industry of employment; socio-economic status; place and county of birth; distance of birth place from Warrington; medical infirmities; employment status; enumeration district; address. 1851 Number of persons in household; first name; surname; sex; age; marital status; relationship to head of household; occupation, rank or profession; industry of employment; socio-economic status; place, county and region of birth; distance of birth place from Warrington; medical infirmities; employment status; age bands; social class; sector of economy; lodgers; industries; characteristics of birthplace; enumeration district; address; family size; household composition including servants and other employees; degree of risk to household and women. 1861 Number of persons in household; first name; surname; sex; age; marital status; relationship to head of household; occupation, rank or profession; industry of employment; socio-economic status; place and county of birth; distance of birth place from Warrington; medical infirmities; employment status; enumeration district; address. 1871 Number of persons in household; first name; surname; sex; age; marital status; relationship to head of household; occupation, rank or profession; industry of employment; socio-economic status; place, county and region of birth; distance of birth place from Warrington; medical infirmities; employment status; enumeration district; address; age bands; social class. 1881 Number of persons in household; first name; surname; number in family and nuclear family; relationship to head of household; marital status; sex; age; occupation, rank or profession; industry of employment; socio-economic status; place and county of birth; distance of birth place from Warrington; medical infirmities; employment status; address; owner occupiers; description of property; rate payers and rates; rents; comments about household; number of rooms; sex ratios; age bands; social class; sector of economy; family size; household composition including servants and other employees; degree of risk to Household and women. In addition to the Warrington census material, the dataset includes a parish listing for Stoke-upon-Trent in 1701. These data include: number of individuals and communicants in the household; first name, surname, sex, relation to head of household, and age of individuals listed. Occupational classifications: The occupations classifications are based on two schemes: Industrial Classification The industrial classification used is the Booth-Armstrong classification which was developed in the 1880s by Charles Booth and modified by W.A. Armstrong. Social Class Classification The social class classification used is based on the Registrar General's <i>Classification of Occupations:1951</i> and uses the modifications suggested by W.A. Armstrong. Armstrong, W.A. (1972) 'The use of information about occupation' IN E.A. Wrigley (ed) <i>Nineteenth century society: essays in the use of quantitative methods for the study of social data</i> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 191-310.
1841 10 enumeration districts no sampling (total universe). 12 enumeration districts 1 in 3 random sample stratified by enumeration district. 3 enumeration districts 1 in 5 systematic random sample. 226 cases purposive sample. Weights given are 1, 3, 5, 0. 1851 3 or 4 enumeration districts no sampling (total universe). 1 in 5 sample of houses. 2238 cases purposive sample. Weights given are 0, 1, 15. 1861 7 enumeration districts no sampling (total universe). Households were also sampled where a match was found with 1851 or 1871 samples. 1871 5 enumeration districts no sampling (total universe). Households were also sampled where a match was found with 1881 samples. 1881 5 enumeration districts no sampling (total universe). 1 in 10 systematic sample. Weights given are 1, 9.86.
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