Documentation for individual data value

Behind the Vision of Britain web site is a true data library, a collection of individual statistics each with its own metadata to tell users what it means. These metadata also control how the system visualises statistical data through graphs and maps. This is what we know about the particular data value you selected:

Attribute	Value	Meaning
Identifier	10702625	This number locates the particular value within the data table; it is like an accession number in a conventional library.
Value	3,840	This is the data value itself.
Date(s) covered	1961	We store dates within a date object, which can hold anything from a simple year value, for a census, to a period defined by two calendar dates.
Administrative area covered	10096340	Gower RD
Meaning (DDS cell reference)	SEG_M_TOT:total	Cell within nCube N_SEG_M_TOT: Socio-Econmic Groups Total (males only) Dimension Variable Category 1 Total of all Socio-Economic Groups SEG Total Universe: All Males of Working Age
Table in census reports	EW1961OCCL_M5	1961 Census of England and Wales, Occupations County Leaflets, Table 5 , 'Socio-economic Group (Numbers and Proportions) of Economically Active Males and Economically Inactive Males (stating an occupation)', for 'AC, LAA, County Aggregates, Con, NT (10% sample)'
Column in census table	1	Column label from original table:   1. Employers and managers in central and local government, industry, commerce, etc. - large establishments
Status	P	Public. Visible in both graphics and tables.
Precision	S10	From 10% sample
Created by	soc_1961_ew	This is the name of our script which inserted this data value into the main data table. For non-derived values, this is usually done by copying data values across from our more conventional GBHDB database, and the scripts are usually named after the table in GBHDB they copy data from.

This table lists, in its "value" column, a single row from our data table. The values are mostly identifiers and codes which are given meaning by our main sub-systems, and the "meaning" column reaches into these to tell you more.