nCube : Age and Sex Structure in approximate 10 year bands

nCubes hold all the statistics presented by the Vision of Britain system, and are defined as combinations of variables. For example, the age-sex tables that appear in most census reports are held as two-dimensional nCubes in which one dimension is a variable categorising sex and the other variable defines a set of age groups. nCubes can have many dimensions, such as age by sex by occupation by cause of death, or just one.

Identifier:

N_AGESEX_65UP_10YRS

Name:

Age and Sex Structure in approximate 10 year bands

Type:

nCube (N)

Root unit:

England and Wales ( Show data )

Additive:

Yes

Cube Display:

Yes

Cube Download:

Yes

Text:

The 1939 National Registration tabulated age and gender structure using a greatly simplified nine-way classification of ages. The introduction to the report states that this was to aid the enumerators who were doing much of the analysis before sending the completed forms to the Registrar General. Again to simplify the forms, people were asked to state their year of birth rather than their age. The fractions in the age bands occurred because "In consequence of these procedure restrictions, the number of groups identified ... is limited to nine in respect of each sex and being calendar year of birth groups, they do not correspond with integral years of age owing to the fact that the enumeration took place at the end of the third quarter of 1939." The data are for the civilian population only; at this date, the armed services were almost all male, and under 45. An estimated 1,010,000 were in the services in Great Britain, of whom 900,000 were in England and Wales.

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nCube " Age and Sex Structure in approximate 10 year bands " is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_POP	Population

Universes, definining what the values in datasets add up to:

Entity ID	Entity Name
U_CIV_POP	All Civilians

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nCube " Age and Sex Structure in approximate 10 year bands " contains:

Variables, defining what data was gathered for :

Entity ID	Entity Name
V_SEX	Sex
V_AGE_65UP_10YRS	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 65

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Age and Sex Structure in approximate 10 year bands: Data map listing

Each of our datasets, or nCubes, combines one or more variables (Var) each of which consists of a set of categories. The data map lists all the possible combinations of categories. The cell references are the identifiers held in our main table of statistics, recording what each number measures.

Cell Reference	Var	Category Value
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/0_4	1	Male
	2	Aged under 4¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/5_14	1	Male
	2	5 to 14¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/15_19	1	Male
	2	15 to 19¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/20_24	1	Male
	2	20 to 24¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/25_34	1	Male
	2	25 to 34¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/35_44	1	Male
	2	35 to 44¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/45_54	1	Male
	2	45 to 54¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/55_64	1	Male
	2	55 to 64¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:male/65_up	1	Male
	2	65 and up
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/0_4	1	Female
	2	Aged under 4¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/5_14	1	Female
	2	5 to 14¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/15_19	1	Female
	2	15 to 19¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/20_24	1	Female
	2	20 to 24¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/25_34	1	Female
	2	25 to 34¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/35_44	1	Female
	2	35 to 44¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/45_54	1	Female
	2	45 to 54¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/55_64	1	Female
	2	55 to 64¾
AGESEX_65UP_10YRS:female/65_up	1	Female
	2	65 and up