Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom [Great Britain], 1851

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Reference ID

GBR_1851_PHC-GBR_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Secretary of State, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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First name (NAMEFRST)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 182

End: 213

Width: 32

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

NAMEFRST is an alphabetic variable giving a person's full first name. It will primarily be of use to researchers linking the historical census data to other sources of demographic data, or researchers whose research topic involves naming patterns. Because of the length of this variable (32 columns), and the size of the dataset other researchers should not select this variable.

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 32-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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