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The Common Room / Re: 1921 Scottish Census - numbers in the Marriage-Orphanhood column
« on: Thursday 21 September 23 13:49 BST (UK) »
I've managed to find the reason myself.
ScotlandsPeople explained it as:
"The numbers in the column appear to refer to each code. So, for example, 0 is 'single', 1 is recorded alongside 'married.' 2 related to a 'widow/widower' and so forth.
This would have been done to aid the enumerators in their task, as it is easier to add up the number of people in each category rather than have to count the initials allotted to each person. The census was then, as now, primarily carried out for statistical reasons and so if you see any pencilled in numbers or ink in a different colour, this would have been down to the enumerators collecting their figures from the details."
There ya go! 😊
ScotlandsPeople explained it as:
"The numbers in the column appear to refer to each code. So, for example, 0 is 'single', 1 is recorded alongside 'married.' 2 related to a 'widow/widower' and so forth.
This would have been done to aid the enumerators in their task, as it is easier to add up the number of people in each category rather than have to count the initials allotted to each person. The census was then, as now, primarily carried out for statistical reasons and so if you see any pencilled in numbers or ink in a different colour, this would have been down to the enumerators collecting their figures from the details."
There ya go! 😊