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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Marital status (UK1851C_MAR)

Data file: GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 306

End: 306

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

10. If Deaf-and-Dumb, or Blind 
 Write Deaf-and-Dumb, or Blind, opposite the Name of the Person.

____ If Deaf-and-Dumb, or Blind

Categories

Value	Category
1	Married
2	Married, spouse absent
4	Widowed
6	Single
9	Not recorded/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 gives an individual's current marital status.

Universe

United Kingdom 1851 (2%) [Great Britain]: All persons except young children [unverifiable]

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