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Standardising and Coding Birthplace Strings and Occupational Titles in the British Censuses of 1851 to 1911

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  • Kevin Sch�rer
  • Tatiana Penkova
  • Yanshan Shi

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This article presents a technique of standardising and coding textual birthplace and occupation strings in the censuses of England and Wales and Scotland, 1851-1911. While the approaches for the two text strings are different, they are both based upon the integration of computer technologies, mathematical methods, and expert knowledge. Both processes are described formally using Structured Analysis and Design Technique methodology. The classification of occupations is defined by two algorithms based on statistical decision theory in order to allocate codes from the original occupation strings. The method of standardising parishes is based on the comparison of original birthplace strings and reference data.

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  • Kevin Sch�rer & Tatiana Penkova & Yanshan Shi, 2015. "Standardising and Coding Birthplace Strings and Occupational Titles in the British Censuses of 1851 to 1911," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(4), pages 195-213, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vhimxx:v:48:y:2015:i:4:p:195-213
    DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2015.1010028
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    1. Montebruno, Piero & Bennett, Robert & Smith, Harry & van Lieshout, Carry, 2019. "Machine learning classification of entrepreneurs in British historical census data," MPRA Paper 100469, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Hannaliis Jaadla & Alice Reid & Eilidh Garrett & Kevin Schürer & Joseph Day, 2020. "Revisiting the Fertility Transition in England and Wales: The Role of Social Class and Migration," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(4), pages 1543-1569, August.
    3. Paul A. Longley & Justin Dijk & Tian Lan, 2021. "The geography of intergenerational social mobility in Britain," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.

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