Variable : Paupers & Dependents

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_SANITY_SCOT
Name:
Paupers & Dependents
Type:
Variable (V)
Text:
From 1896 onwards, the Scottish poor law divided their overall count of paupers into "Sane" and "Lunatics". The sane covered persons who were physically ill, elderly, or otherwise incapacitated, who were not suffering from mental illness but still needed relief.

Variable "Paupers & Dependents" 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_SANITY_SCOT Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers


Variable "Paupers & Dependents" contains:


Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID Entity Name
C_PAUPER_SANITY_SCOT_1 Sane
C_PAUPER_SANITY_SCOT_2 Lunatics