Internal Colonialism Study: National Integration in the British Isles, 1851-1966 (ICPSR 7533)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Michael Hechter

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07533.v1

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Summary

This dataset contains census, election, and vital statistics data for 118 British and Irish counties for the period 1851 to 1966. The information was collected for use in a study of regional integration and development in Great Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries. Included are population indicators for each of the counties recorded at 11 points in time during the 115-year span (i.e., 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1951, and 1961). Specific information includes indicators of population density and change, ethnic composition, proportion of election votes for Labour, Conservative, Liberal, and various nationalist parties, and proportion of population employed in areas such as agriculture, manufacturing, civil service, and (female) domestic work. Other data include number of Celtic speakers, literacy, religiosity, nativity (i.e., English-, Welsh-, Scottish-, Irish-, and French-born), sex ratio (female to male), birth rates, infant mortality rates, marriage rates, per capita income, and proportion of middle class.

Citation

Hechter, Michael. Internal Colonialism Study: National Integration in the British Isles, 1851-1966. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07533.v1

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Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1851 -- 1966

Date of Collection

1969 -- 1970
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Sample

Data were collected for all 118 counties at 11 points in time between 1851 and 1966.

Universe

The population of British and Irish counties.

Data Source

census data, election returns, and Registrar General's reports on births, deaths, and marriages

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Original Release Date

1984-06-28

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Hechter, Michael. Internal Colonialism Study: National Integration in the British Isles, 1851-1966. ICPSR07533-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07533.v1
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