Variable : Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor

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_PAUPER_IN_OUT

Name:

Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

The reports of the Poor Law Board and the Local Government Board distinguished between Indoor, meaning those relieved in the workhouses, and Outdoor, meaning those in receipt of payments in cash and kind. Although central government consistently sought to eliminate Outdoor Relief, these attempts never completely succeeded.

Variable " Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor " is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_WK	Work & Poverty

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name
N_PAUPER_IN_OUT	Able-bodied paupers by gender & age

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Variable " Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor " contains:

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID	Entity Name
C_PAUPER_IN_OUT_1	Indoor
C_PAUPER_IN_OUT_2	Outdoor
C_PAUPER_IN_OUT_3	Receiving both