1931 Social Class Statistics for Regions (raw data)

Table ID:

SOC_1931_EW_REG     (1253023)

Contents:

1931 Social Class Statistics for Regions (raw data)

Approx. number of rows:

66

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Paula Aucott

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1931.

Sources:

1. These data were drawn from Table 11 'Areal Distribution of Social Class Mortality Data showing population and deaths by age and social class within urban and rural subdivisions of geographical regions and distinguishing males and married women' from the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement, 1931, Part IIa Occupational Mortality. This is a very partial transcription, carried out by Eileen Longland at QMW in June 1998; the table also contains much more detail on age and on married women.

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Notes:

1. This table contains raw data from the Decennial Supplement, while the more detailed 'soc_1931' table contains statistics computed from the database from the census Occupational Tables. As well as the obvious differences in reporting geography, note that this table concerns the male population aged 16 and up while the occupational data cover males and females aged 14 and up. This difference prevents direct comparison.
2. General Explanatory Note 4 (p. 189) states 'So far as is possible from the material available Class I purports to represent the professional and generally well-to-do section of the population, Class III, Skilled artizan and analagous workers and Class V, Labourers and other unskilled callings, while Classes II and IV are intermediates comprising occupations of mixed types, or types not readily assignable to the classes on either side.
3. The data are organised into 'regions' which are defined as groups of counties (see below), but then the figures for each region are further sub-divided into totals for all County Boroughs in the region, all Other Urban Areas, and Rural Districts.
4. The number of deaths covers the period 1930 to 1932, while the population refers to the 1931 census.
5. All data refer only to the male population aged 16 and up.

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Checking:

1. The data were checked in two ways. Firstly, checksums were computed based on subtracting all other values from the total to leave zero. Secondly, the total for all areas for both population and death equalled the values given in the report for England and Wales.
2. The geographical units have not been cross-checked against the GBHGIS administrative unit gazetteer as they refer to aggregates within regions and these are not in the AUO. The g_unit column values are therefore all null. This table was moved across and edited to run on postgres, but no others edits have been done.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
soc_1931_ew_reg_pkey	Primary key	rec_num
soc_1931_ew_reg_idx	Unique	ew_area, ew_type, data_type

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
soc_1931_ew_reg_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
ew_area	Text string (max.len.=104).	Name of the 'region' to which the data refer (see notes above and below.
ew_type	Text string (max.len.=24).	Type of Local Government District as it appeared in the original report. 'CB'=County Borough; 'OU'=Other Urban; 'RD'=Rural Districts. Greater London is not subdivided in this manner and this column is therefore null.
nation_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for container unit.
g_unit	Integer number.	Unique ID number for unit.
data_type	Text string (max.len.=6).	Flag indicating whether the data concern the Census Population ('P') or the Number of Deaths ('D').
total	Integer number.	The total population or number of deaths (see above).
unocc	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths among unoccupied persons.
class_1	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths in Social Class 1.
class_2	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths in Social Class 2.
class_3	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths in Social Class 3.
class_4	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths in Social Class 4.
class_5	Integer number.	The number of people or deaths in Social Class 5.
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique number identifying row in table.

Additional Notes:

The regions are defined (p. 190) as:
Greater London: 'The area coincident with the City of London and Metropolitan Police Districts - approximately 15 miles radius from Charing Cross.'
South East: Beds, Berks, Bucks, Essex, Herts, Kent, London, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Oxon, Hants and the Isle of Wight, Surrey, and Sussex (E and W)
North I: Durham, and Northumberland
North II: Cumberland, Westmorland, and the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire
North III: The West Riding of Yorkshire and the CB of York
Midland I: Glouc, Hereford, Shrops, Staffs, Warwick, and Worcester
Midland II: Derby, Leicester, Northants, Notts, Soke of Peterborough
East: Cambs, Isle of Ely, Hunts, Lincolnshire (all), Norfolk, Rutland, and Suffolk (E and W)
South West: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wilts
Wales I: Brecks, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, and Monmouth
Wales II: Anglesey, Caernarvon, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, Montgomery, Pembroke, and Radnor