Documentation for individual data value

Behind the Vision of Britain web site is a true data library, a collection of individual statistics each with its own metadata to tell users what it means. These metadata also control how the system visualises statistical data through graphs and maps. This is what we know about the particular data value you selected:

Attribute Value Meaning
Identifier 15638538 This number locates the particular value within the data table; it is like an accession number in a conventional library.
Value 8 This is the data value itself.
Date(s) covered January 1st, 1930 to
December 31st, 1930
We store dates within a date object, which can hold anything from a simple year value, for a census, to a period defined by two calendar dates.
Administrative area covered 10025783 Sidcup UD
Meaning (DDS cell reference) BIRTH_SEX_LEGIT:ill/male Cell within nCube N_BIRTH_SEX_LEGIT: Births by legitimacy & sex
DimensionVariableCategory
1 Legitimacy Illegitimate
2 Sex Male
Universe: All Births
Source RG_SR Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) ,
Status P Public. Visible in both graphics and tables.
Precision E Exact
Created by vital_ew_lgd_ann This is the name of our script which inserted this data value into the main data table. For non-derived values, this is usually done by copying data values across from our more conventional GBHDB database, and the scripts are usually named after the table in GBHDB they copy data from.

This table lists, in its "value" column, a single row from our data table. The values are mostly identifiers and codes which are given meaning by our main sub-systems, and the "meaning" column reaches into these to tell you more.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Vision of Britain | Context for data value | The meaning of 8, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/datavalue/15638538

Date accessed: 08th October 2024