Variable : Sex

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_SEX

Name:

Sex

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

This is probably the only variable in the whole database which is always defined in exactly the same way, over time and between sources.

Variable " Sex " is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_POP	Population

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name