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Title:
Heads of Households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891

Subject Categories:
Economic conditions and indicators - Economics
Income, property and investment - Economics
Economic history - History
General - Employment and labour
Local history - History
Population censuses - Population, vital statistics and censuses
Population history - History
Population studies - Population, vital statistics and censuses
Social history - History
Community and urban studies - Society and Culture
Urban history - History

Depositor(s):
Knox, W.W., University of St Andrews. Department of Scottish History

Principal Investigator(s):
Knox, W.W., University of St Andrews. Department of Scottish History
Thompson, M.S., University of St Andrews. Department of Scottish History

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Abstract:
The collection of data in these studies is part of a larger study on the decline of the Scottish cotton industry. The primary aim of the project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the cotton industry. Since economic historians have viewed the decline of the Scottish cotton industry as a consequence of poor productivity it was decided to explore the relationship between capital and labour and in particular, the gender structure of the cotton mill.
To examine links between household and workplace. To establish the home backgrounds of females in spinning and weaving as a means of : establishing their respective status; establishing links between fathers in skilled occupations and propensity to strike among women in the cotton industry.
Main Topics:
This dataset contains three files, one for each census. It was derived from the dataset of census information on Paisley and Bridgeton by extracting records of heads of households from the original dataset and adding a number of derived fields which condensed household information to one record per household.
Additional fields contain information on: total number in household; total number occupied; total working in textiles; total working in cotton; total number these occupied in other industries; number working in textiles related to each other; total number of boarders; total number of boarders working in textiles.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1851-1891
Dates of Fieldwork: 1191-1191-1992
Country: Scotland
Geography: Bridgeton; Paisley; Renfrewshire
Spatial Units: (A)Local Authority Districts; (B)Enumeration Districts; (C)Parliamentary Constituencies
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Heads of households which contain at least one cotton worker, in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851-1891.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
households from streets chosen because they were known as places where cotton dwellers were known to dwell in large numbers. All households in each street which contained at least one cotton worker were included in the sample.
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: This data was derived in whole from census databases of Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871 and 1891, (See SN: 2999, Bridgeton and Paisley Census 1851, 1871 and 1891 : A Sample of Households Containing Cotton Workers).

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 27 May 1993

Copyright:
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