Consequences of data heaping in the British Religious Census of 1851

Historical Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-46

  Crockett, Alasdair ^a   Crockett, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age heaping; Church attendance; Data coarsening; Digit preference; Religion

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CULTURAL HISTORY; RELIGION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745409628     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/HMTS.39.1.24-46     Document Type: Article

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