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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Marital status of household head (UK1851A_H_MAR)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-EAW-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 834

End: 834

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Single
2	Married
3	Married, spouse absent
4	Widowed
5	Divorced
9	Not recorded or unknown

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the marital status of the household head.

Universe

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

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