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Census of England and Wales, 1901 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom [England and Wales], 1901
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GBR_1901_PHC-EAW_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Marital status of household head (UK1901A_H_MAR)

Data file: GBR1901_PHC-EAW-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 899
End: 899
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">1. Name and Surname</span>
<br />This schedule must include any person dwelling in this house or tenement on the night of March 31st, and alive at midnight; and also any person who, although not in the house during the Census Night, arrived on the morning of Monday, April 1st, and had not been enumerated elsewhere. No one else is to be included.
<br />Write first the name of the head of the family, followed by the names of his wife, children, and other relatives; then the names of any visitors, boarders, and servants.
<br />____ Name
<br />____ Surname</p>

<p><span class="em">3. Condition as to Marriage</span>
<br />Write either "married", "widower", "widow", or "single" opposite the names of all persons except young children.
<br />____ Condition as to Marriage
Categories
Value Category
1 Single
2 Married
3 Married, spouse absent
4 Widowed
5 Divorced
9 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
Marital status of household head.
Universe
United Kingdom 1901 (100%) [England and Wales]: All persons

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