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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Surname of household head (UK1851A_H_SNAME)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-EAW-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 793

End: 825

Width: 33

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">____ Name and surname</span>
<br />No person absent on the night of March 30th to be entered.
<br />Write after the name of the head of the family, the name of his wife, children, and others of the same surname; then visitors, servants, etc.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the surname of the household head.

Universe

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

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 33-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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