British Business Census of Entrepreneurs, 1851-1911

<p>The British Business Census of Entrepreneurs, 1851-1911 (BBCE) is a quality-controlled, consistent, and integrated database that is as complete as feasible for all British business proprietors in the period 1851-1911, and aligned to modern definitions used up to the 2011 census. It covers England and Wales for 1851-1911, and Scotland for 1851-1901. It includes as fully as possible all: <strong><em>Employers </em></strong>(those who employed others); <strong><em>Sole proprietor own account</em></strong> self-employed (those who employed no-one else); and <strong><em>Directors of corporations</em></strong> (Limited Companies). BBCE mainly derives from the <em>Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM)</em> Project (see SN 7856), to which BBCE is linked via individual RecID; but BBCE also infills missing or truncated data in I-CeM using census transcripts from S&N and coding from CEBs, and also provides entrepreneur data for 1871. BBCE makes available employment status codes for all years 1851-1911, occupational coding to main occupation and portfolios, coding of partnerships and directors, and extracts workforce size where given by employers over 1851-81, and for farmers the acreage occupied. There is data linkage and coding of individuals identifiable in the census who were directors of corporations, together with information on their companies.</p><p>Further information may be found on the <a title="BBCE" href="https://www.bbce.uk/">BBCE</a> project website.</p><p>The original data producers and copyright holders of I-CeM are Professors K. Schurer and E.J. Higgs, and the original data producer and copyright holder for S&N is Nigel Bayley.</p>