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Household and family structure in England and Wales (1851-1911): Continuities and change

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Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

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Authors

Schürer, K 
Garrett, EM 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThis article produces the first findings on changes in household and family structure in England and Wales during 1851–1911, using the recently available Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) – a complete count database of individual-level data extending to some 188 million records. As such, it extends and updates the important overview article published injats:italicContinuity and Change</jats:italic>by Michael Anderson in 1988. The I-CeM data shed new light on transitions in household structure and family life during this period, illustrating both continuities and change in a number of key areas: family composition; single parent families; living alone; extended households; childhood; leaving home and marriage patterns.</jats:p>

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Keywords

households, family structure, census, England and Wales, nineteenth century

Journal Title

Continuity and Change

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0268-4160
1469-218X

Volume Title

33

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Sponsorship
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/L015463/1)
Isaac Newton Trust (16.38(I))