Variable : Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:

V_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960

Name:

Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

These categories were used in the Agricultural Census reports between 1960 and 1970. Different system were used in 1950, and intervening years have not been checked.

Variable " Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70 " is contained within:

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name
N_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960	Types of sheep as reported by the Agricultural Census.

Variable Groups, bringing together related variables:

Entity ID	Entity Name
VG_AGCEN_SHEEP	Sheep

Variables, defining what data was gathered for:

Entity ID	Entity Name
V_AGCEN_SHEEP_GEN	Agricultural Census Generalised Sheep Categories

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Variable " Agricultural Census Sheep Categories for 1960-70 " contains:

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID	Entity Name
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_1	One year & over: Ewes kept for breeding
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_2	One year & over: Two tooth (shearling) ewes to be put to the ram
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_3	One year & over: Rams kept for service
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_4	One year & over: Draft & cast ewes
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_5	One year & over: Wethers & others
C_AGCEN_SHEEP_1960_6	Under one year