Census Enumerators' Books, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 1851-1881

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The focus of the study was the inter-relationship between women's work, particularly that of married women working outside the home, and low levels of fertility in mid-nineteenth century textile communities. Although the data were collected for the purpose of studying fertility patterns, they may be of interest to a wider range of specialists, including social and economic historians, sociologists, geographers and genealogists.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
Date of census, address code, enumerator's household number, letter denoting type of household living arrangements, e.g. shared homes, surname, forename, relationship to head of household, marital status, sex, age, occupation (name), occupation (numeric code), birthplace (code).