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SN:	3651
Title:	Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-3651-1
Depositor(s):	Campbell, A.B., University of Liverpool. Department of Economic and Social History
Principal investigator(s):	Campbell, A.B., University of Liverpool. Department of Economic and Social History
Sponsor(s):	Economic and Social Research Council Nuffield Foundation
Grant number:	H52427500795; SOC/181(1838)

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Abstract

The main aim of the project was to analyse the factors influencing trade unionism and politics in the Scots coalfields during the period 1874-1939. The objective of the census survey was to provide information on occupation, age, marital status and place of birth of mineworkers in ten localities which could be used in conjunction with a range of qualitative sources.

Main Topics: Occupation, age, marital status and birthplace of mineworkers resident in the ten survey localities. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period:	01 January 1891
Dates of fieldwork:	June 1989, July 1989
Country:	Scotland
Geography:	Annbank Blantyre Coalburn Craigneuk Culross Douglas Hurlford Larkhall Newtongrange Prestonpans Wemyss Ayrshire East Lothian Fifeshire Lanarkshire Midlothian
Spatial units:	Enumeration Districts Parishes (Ecclesiastical)
Observation units:	Individuals
Kind of data:	Textual Numeric
Universe:	Subnational Census data Miners All mineworkers resident in the ten survey localities (Annbank, Ayrshire; Hurlford, Ayrshire; Blantyre, Lanarkshire; Larkhall, Lanarkshire; Craigneuk, Lanarkshire; Douglas and Coalburn, Lanarkshire; Newtongrange, Midlothian; Prestonpans, East Lothian; Culross, Fifeshire; and Wemyss, Fifeshire) on the night of the 1891 census. Mineworkers were defined as those mining employees who were eligible to join the main miners' union in the 1890s. Mining occupational groups which were excluded from the survey include: coal mining manager; colliery clerk; colliery oversmen; underground oversman; colliery overseer; colliery enginekeeper; colliery contractor; colliery ropeman; coal carter; colliery tradesmen (such as blacksmiths, engineers, bricklayers, carpenters).
Time dimensions:	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures:	No sampling (total universe) All mineworkers were surveyed in selected localities.
Number of units:	8157 (obtained)
Method of data collection:	Transcription of existing materials
Weighting:	No information recorded
Data sources:	1891 Census Enumerators' Books, Register House, Edinburgh.

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS	AGE	ANNBANK
AYRSHIRE (COUNTY)	BLANTYRE	CENSUS DATA
CENSUS ENUMERATORS' BOOKS	COAL MINERS	COAL MINING
COALBURN	CRAIGNEUK	CULROSS
DOUGLAS	EAST LOTHIAN (COUNTY)	FIFE (COUNTY)
HURLFORD	LANARKSHIRE (COUNTY)	LARKHALL
MARITAL STATUS	MEN	MIDLOTHIAN (COUNTY)
MINERS	MINING	NEWTONGRANGE
OCCUPATIONS	PLACE OF BIRTH	PRESTONPANS
WEMYSS

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Date of release:
First edition:	29 July 1997
Copyright:	Copyright Campbell, A.B. University of Liverpool.
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