Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom [England and Wales], 1851

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Reference ID

GBR_1851_PHC-EAW_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Secretary of State, IPUMS

Metadata

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Sep 03, 2025

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Sep 03, 2025

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Country of birth as transcribed (UK1851A_BPCTRY)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-EAW-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 725

End: 784

Width: 60

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">____ Where born</span>
<br />Opposite the names of those born in England, write the County, and Town, or Parish. If born in Scotland, Ireland, the British colonies, the East Indies, or in foreign parts, state the country. In the last case, if a British subject add "British Subject"

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the country of birth as parsed from the raw birthplace data.

Universe

United Kingdom 1851 (100%) [England and Wales]: All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 60-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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