Variable : Major Christian denominations in 1851

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_REL1851

Name:

Major Christian denominations in 1851

Type:

Variable (V)

Text:

These data have been summarised from statistics for many separate denominations.

Variable " Major Christian denominations in 1851 " is contained within:

Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_REL	Roots & Religion

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID	Entity Name
N_REL1851_ATTEND	1851 church 'attendances'

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Variable " Major Christian denominations in 1851 " contains:

Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID	Entity Name
C_REL1851_1	Baptists
C_REL1851_2	Calv. Methodist
C_REL1851_3	C. of England
C_REL1851_4	C. of Scotland
C_REL1851_5	Free Presb.
C_REL1851_6	Catholic
C_REL1851_7	Wesleyan Meth.
C_REL1851_8	Other