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

Producer(s)

Secretary of State, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Country of birth transcribed (UK1851C_BPCTRY)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 607

End: 657

Width: 51

Range: -

Format: character

Description

Definition

This is an alphabetic variable listing the person's country of birth as transcribed. This variable is from raw data, but parsed, and potentially re-allocated by the program and then classified.

Universe

United Kingdom 1851 (2%) [Great Britain]: All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 51-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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