Replication files (syntax) and data from: Intergenerational mobility in a mid-Atlantic economy: Canada,1871-1901.

1911 Ireland Census contains records from Scalp, Kilthomas, Galway, Ireland by Ancestry.com. Web: Ireland, Census, 1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of Ireland 1901/1911. The National Archives of Ireland. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ - .

The 1901 Census of Canada was the fourth Census conducted . The Canadian Families Project has a broad mandate. Their re-investigation of family in Canada includes the study of discourses of family; class, ethnicity and region as they relate to family; the history of single parenthood and fragmented families; fertility decline; language, education and family; religion and family; family and community in rural Canada; the social geography of urban families; family income and standards of living. Basic to the work of the Project is the study of families in the past. The Project begins by creating a large database of information from the 1901 census of Canada. The database will include all information from Schedules 1 and 2 of the census for five percent of individuals and families in the whole of Canada (as it existed in 1901). Schedule 1 contains the nominal returns - the enumeration of the population by name. Schedule 2 is a continuation of Schedule 1 and it gives information of buildings and lands held by persons enumerated in Schedule 1. The 5 percent sample will include information on approximately 268,500 persons. (Summary derived from User Guide)

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings England and Wales only

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: No - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: no - Households: A group of people who eat at the same table or in the same house, including lodgers and servants - Group quarters: Yes

Universe

All persons who slept in a dwelling in the country on the night of March 31, 1901 and persons who were working or travelling on the night March 31, 1901 but returned home on April 1, 1901

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Registrar General

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 32493318.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Not applicable

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

A single household form collected information on individual characteristics

1901 Census of Canada contains records from Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada by Year: 1901; Census Place: Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick; Page: 12; Family No: 169 - .

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings Scotland only

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: No - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: no - Households: A group of people who eat at the same table or in the same house, including lodgers and servants - Group quarters: Yes

Universe

All persons who slept in a dwelling in the country on the night of March 31, 1901 and persons who were working or travelling on the night March 31, 1901 but returned home on April 1, 1901

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Registrar General

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 4438418.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Not applicable

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

A single household form collected information on individual characteristics

Analysis unit

Persons and households

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: no - Vacant Units: no - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: no

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: A dwelling has a distinct outer door and shall be considered as one house, although it may be occupied by several families living in separate apartments, or what are known as tenements, under the same roof. - Households: A "distinct family" is defined as (a) a man and his wife or a man and his and children living together, and no other person residing with them or family such as either of the foregoing, with their relatives, servants, and visitors residing with them. (b) All persons occupying the same house common and boarding at the same table, and their servants. (c) A person living alone whether occupying the whole or a part of a house, with servants, if any. (d) Two or more lodgers boarding together distinct from the family and their servants, if any. - Group quarters: A non-private household is a boarding house, hotel, guest house, barrack, hospital, nursing home, boarding schools, religious institution, welfare institution, prison, or ship, etc.

Universe

All persons present in Ireland at the time of census, including visitors and those in residence.

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: The National Archives of Ireland

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 4435023.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Full count

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The information is based on Form A- Household Schedule. Form B reports summary tables of population figures.

1901 Census of Canada contains records from Saint-Norbert, Drummond & Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada by Year: 1901; Census Place: Saint-Norbert, Drummond & Arthabaska, Quebec; Page: 9; Family No: 83 - .

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: no - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: Any structure which provides shelter for a human being. If the structure has only one entrance it counts as a single dwelling, no matter how many families it may shelter. If the structure has two front or principal doors leading into separate parts, the structure is counted as two dwellings. - Households: A household may include all persons in a housekeeping community, whether related by ties of blood or not, but usually with one of their number occupying the position of head. But single persons living alone who have a special dwelling and carry on their own housekeeping are also to be regarded as households. - Group quarters: An institution household includes such establishments as hospitals, asylums, poor house, prisons, penitentiaries, schools of learning, barracks, etc., whose inmates, if they have no home or domicile elsewhere outside of the institution, are to be entered under the name of the institution.

Universe

The population legally domiciled within the territory, including temporarily absent persons

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Department of Agriculture, Census Branch

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 371373.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Stratified, random sample of dwellings drawn by data producers. For more information, see

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Single household enumeration form

1901 Census of Canada contains records from Gravenhurst, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada by Year: 1901; Census Place: Gravenhurst (Town/Ville), Simcoe (east/est), Ontario; Page: 4; Family No: 34 - .

An Act for ascertaining the Number of the Inhabitants of the Colony of New South Wales in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, 1840 (4 Victoria Act No. 26) required every householder, employer of servants and proprietor and occupier of land to complete the census schedule on the second day ('or on the days immediately subsequent thereto') of March 1841.

The 1841 Census was more complete than its predecessors, as the population was recorded in police districts, counties and towns. There was a broader tabulation of results which included age groups, conjugal condition (married or unmarried), religious denomination and civil condition. Civil condition provided statistical information on the number of bond (convict) or free males and females in a household, whether they were born in the colony, arrived free, held a ticket of leave, and whether they were in government employment or private assignment.

The Census was taken by specially appointed collectors generally responsible to a Commissioner or a Bench of Magistrates, the collector completed printed forms, known as Form ‘A’ for each household in the allotted territory. After the Census magistrates were instructed to check the returns and send abstracts to the Colonial Secretary, designated Form ‘C’. The returns were then gathered together, statistics extracted and the final returns made.

This series comprises bound volumes of Form C . (NRS 1281).

The Form C records: number of return, name of establishment (usually head of household), number of each age group for males, and then for females (the age divisions are under two, two and under seven, seven and under 14, 14 and under 21, 21 and under 45, 45 and under 60, 60 and upwards); married or single; civil condition: free (born in colony, arrived free, other free persons), bond (ticket of leave, in government employment, in private assignment); then religion divided into Church of England, Church of Scotland, Wesleyan Methodists, other Protestant dissenters, Roman Catholics, Jews, Mohammedans and Pagans; occupation divided into land proprietors, merchants, bankers, and professional men; shopkeepers and other retail dealers; mechanics and artificers; shepherds and others in the care of sheep; gardeners, stockmen and persons employed in agriculture; domestic servants; all other persons not included in the foregoing classes; totals for males, for females, and for both; houses - further divided into stone or brick, wood, total; finished or unfinished; inhabited or uninhabited. The columns are totalled at the bottom of each sheet.

As well as these Abstracts of returns, there are also a number of "condensed" abstracts of returns, filled in on Form C. These enumerate the running numbers covered by each sheet of abstracts eg. one-20, 21-40 and give sums for each group as well as grand total.

Form C abstracts are arranged by district following the order in the Returns of the Colony for 1841. 'Condensed' Abstracts are filed with the district abstracts to which they pertain.

Berrima-Port Phillip (X946-49)
Queanbeyan-Yass (X950-51)

References
1) State Records New South Wales Website, "Concise Guide to the State Archives (Ca - Commissioners): Colonial Secretary, later Chief Secretary, later Services; s. Population and Statistics, a. Musters and Census Records, ii. Census,23. 1841 Census: Abstracts of returns, CGS 1282."
2) State Records New South Wales Website, "Introduction to the 1841 Census: Index to the 1841 Census, Background".
3) State Records New South Wales Website, "Short Guide 12 - Muster and Census Records, 1788 - 1901".

The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.

These data were originally collected by the Censuses of Population for England and Wales, and for Scotland. They were computerised by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and its collaborators.

Latest edition information

For the second edition (October 2022), the data and documentation have been revised.

Census: Population: Daman and Diu: Female data was reported at 92,946.000 Person in 03-01-2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 65,692.000 Person for 03-01-2001. Census: Population: Daman and Diu: Female data is updated decadal, averaging 23,982.000 Person from Mar 1901 (Median) to 03-01-2011, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 92,946.000 Person in 03-01-2011 and a record low of 15,959.000 Person in 03-01-1901. Census: Population: Daman and Diu: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAB002: Census: Population: by States.

Census: Population: Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Male data was reported at 202,871.000 Person in 03-01-2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 192,972.000 Person for 03-01-2001. Census: Population: Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Male data is updated decadal, averaging 30,381.000 Person from Mar 1901 (Median) to 03-01-2011, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 202,871.000 Person in 03-01-2011 and a record low of 18,695.000 Person in 03-01-1901. Census: Population: Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAB002: Census: Population: by States.

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings Includes both de jure and de facto concepts; use RESIDENT variable to prevent double-counting some persons

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: No - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: no - Households: Persons who rented accommodation in a household but paid for their food there or elsewhere were included in that household. Persons who lived alone and provided their own food were considered a separate household. - Group quarters: Enumerators were instructed to enumerate public institutions (hospitals, prisons, resident schools, etc.) and guest houses using the main form in the same manner as for private households. The household of the director or supervisor of the institution was enumerated separately.

Universe

All residents and guests who slept in the house the night of 31 October 1901 and temporarily absent residents

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE:

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 83171.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Not applicable

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Main form for persons present on census day. Supplementary form for persons absent on census day. Institutions were instructed to complete the main household form.

The UNI-CEN Digital Boundary File Series facilitates the mapping of UNI-CEN census data tables. Boundaries are provided in multiple formats for different use cases: Esri Shapefile (SHP), geoJson, and File Geodatabase (FGDB). SHP and FGDB files are provided in two projections: NAD83 CSRS for print cartography and WGS84 for web applications. The geoJson version is provided in WGS84 only. The UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Tables are readily merged to these boundary files. For more information about file sources, the methods used to create them, and how to use them, consult the documentation at https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/unicen_docs. For more information about the project, visit https://observatory.uwo.ca/unicen.

This data contains HISCO codes based on OccCANINE (Dahl, Johansen, Vedel, 2024), for the Link Lives data census data 1787-1901. A classification threshold of 0.11 was used (which is optimal for Danish sources). 200 randomly drawn observations were checked to be accurate in 94.0 percent of cases.

The UNI-CEN Digital Boundary File Series facilitates the mapping of UNI-CEN census data tables. Boundaries are provided in multiple formats for different use cases: Esri Shapefile (SHP), geoJson, and File Geodatabase (FGDB). SHP and FGDB files are provided in two projections: NAD83 CSRS for print cartography and WGS84 for web applications. The geoJson version is provided in WGS84 only. The UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Tables are readily merged to these boundary files. For more information about file sources, the methods used to create them, and how to use them, consult the documentation at https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/unicen_docs. For more information about the project, visit https://observatory.uwo.ca/unicen.

The ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD) is a county-level database covering a rich collection of variables for all counties of Prussia during the 19th century. The Royal Prussian Statistical Office collected these data in a number of censuses over the period 1816-1901, with much county-level information surviving in the archives. These data provide a unique treasure for unprecedented micro-regional empirical research in economic history, analyzing the importance of such factors as education, religion, fertility, and many others for the economic development of Prussia in the 19th century. The service of iPEHD is to provide the data in a digitized and structured way.

iPEHD starts with the population census in 1816, which is the first full-scale census released by the Royal Prussian Statistical Office, which had been founded in 1805. The 1816 census covers the 308 Prussian counties at the time. Further extensive census data are available in 1849, 1864, 1871, and 1882, but – as indicated in the following table – many more detailed data were collected in additional years. As the number of counties grew over time, by 1901 the data cover 574 Prussian counties.

In total, iPEHD contains more than 1,500 variables and more than half a million data points, all at the county level. These data are drawn from a total of 15 original sources, many of which consist of several volumes. One of the biggest challenges when analyzing historical data is to ensure comparability over time, where the dimension of the units of observation has to be comparable. Our service facilitates the analysis of data at the county level, holding the administrative boundaries fixed.

iPEHD stores its data in comma-separated values (csv) format. The raw data are categorized by eight content areas and can be accessed in the raw data section.

The codebook section provides information on the names, definitions, labels, and sources for each variable contained in iPEHD.

The UNI-CEN Digital Boundary File Series facilitates the mapping of UNI-CEN census data tables. Boundaries are provided in multiple formats for different use cases: Esri Shapefile (SHP), geoJson, and File Geodatabase (FGDB). SHP and FGDB files are provided in two projections: NAD83 CSRS for print cartography and WGS84 for web applications. The geoJson version is provided in WGS84 only. The UNI-CEN Standardized Census Data Tables are readily merged to these boundary files. For more information about file sources, the methods used to create them, and how to use them, consult the documentation at https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/unicen_docs. For more information about the project, visit https://observatory.uwo.ca/unicen.