Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset

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Reference ID

GBR_1851_PHC-GBR_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Secretary of State, IPUMS

Metadata

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Occupation as transcribed (UK1851C_OCCUP)

Type: Continuous

Start: 360

End: 520

Width: 161

Range: -

Format: character

Definition

This variable lists the occupational string as recorded in the original documentation.

Universe

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

Concept

Derivation

This is a 161-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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