Data on religion redistricted to 2011 Local Authority Districts

Table ID:

REL_REDISTRICTED     (1252798)

Contents:

Data on religion redistricted to 2011 Local Authority Districts

Approx. number of rows:

396

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1851.
Dates and times are identified by:
   Year

Sources:

1. This table is currently limited to data from the 1851 Census of Religion.
2. The table currently covers England and Wales for 1851.

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Notes:

1. The data on different denominations have been simplified by using groupings defined in rel_1851_codebook.

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Checking:

1. Derived data: the scripts used to generate these data have been checked carefully.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
rel_redistricted_pkey	Primary key	year, g_unit

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
rel_redistricted_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
g_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for local government district unit.
area_code	Text string (max.len.=18).	Alphanumeric ID for district as used by the census offices.
area_name	Text string (max.len.=40).	Name of the district or region.
area_type	Text string (max.len.=16).	Type of area: DISTRICT = District or Unitary Authority GOR = Government Office Region (this includes Wales and Scotland) E&W = Total for England and Wales
nation	Text string (max.len.=7).	Code identifying whether data are for England and Wales (EW) or Scotland (S).
year	Integer number.	Year in which census was taken.
total	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances in all churches in the areas.
bap	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by Baptists.
cmeth	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by Calvinistic Methodists.
c_of_e	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by members of the Church of England and, in Scotland, the Episcopal Church.
c_of_s	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by members of the Church of Scotland and, in England and Wales, the Presbyterian Established Church.
free	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by Free Presbyterians.
jews	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by Jews.
rc	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by Roman Catholics.
wmeth	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances by members of the Wesleyan Methodist Association or the Wesleyan Methodist Original Connexion.
other	Floating point number.	Total number of attendances in all other churches.
g_authority	Text string (max.len.=24).	Authority identifier, as defined in auo.g_authority. Default = 'CEN', but set to 'SRC' when a specific census table is identified in g_auth_note.
g_auth_note	Text string (max.len.=44).	Detail of source. Used to identify specific census tables when g_authority = 'SRC'.
g_data_status	Text string (max.len.=6).	Flag indicating access status. Current set to P for Public for all rows.
g_data_precision	Text string (max.len.=8).	Flag indicating basis for calculation. Currently GBR for all rows except for England and Wales total, which were directly computed by summing district-level data.
rec_num	Integer number.	Sequence number created as rows were inserted into the table.