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Description

QSEXGB denotes whether the 1881 British census project altered the sex as originally recorded.

The program checks that each individual has consistently gendered variables, i.e., someone whose first name is female and whose relationship is feminine should also be recorded as female. A dictionary of first names which has been checked manually has been constructed to test whether first names are masculine or feminine-initials are excluded-and the relationship code, which is often gender specific, i.e. wife can only be female, are used to test the entry in the sex variable. If both first name and relationship indicate a different gender to that in the sex variable, the sex variable is altered. If there is still a problem, i.e., the relationship is not gender specific (i.e., head) then the sex is altered in the following ways;

• For those people where the relationship to head of household is gender- specific, alter the sex if relationship and first name refer to a different sex than the sex variable. For those people where the relationship to head of household is gender- specific, alter the sex if relationship and first name refer to the same sex and the sex variable is unrecorded.

Comparability

QSEXGB is only available in Great Britain.

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Availability

• Great Britain: 1851, 1881, 1881