Census of Scotland, 1901 - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom 1901 [Scotland], 1901

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GBR_1901_PHC-SCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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United Kingdom, Division 1901 (GEO1_UK1901)

Data file: GBR1901_PHC-SCT-H-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 53

End: 55

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
001	London
002	South East
003	South Midland
004	Eastern
005	South Western
006	West Midland
007	North Midland
008	North Western
009	Yorkshire
010	Northern
012	Isles in the British Sea
013	Scotland
020	Royal navy at sea and in ports abroad

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

GEO1_UK1901 identifies the household's division within the United Kingdom in 1901. Each census division is made up of either complete Registration Counties or parts of Registration Counties. Divisions are the primary level of geography for the United Kingdom. Other geography variables from 1901 United Kingdom include, COUNTYUK, DISTUK, SUBDISTUK, and PARISHUK_1901.

The relationship among different historical UK geographic units is described in separate files for England and Wales and Scotland.

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