Available online
Description
In this programme, Dr. Michael Anderson, of the University of Edinburgh and author of 'Family Structure in 19th Century Lancashire', talks to Simon Albury who was at the time a BBC Open University ...producer about his research methods for finding out how closely relatives lived to each other in 19th century Preston. He looks at census enumerators' books from Preston between 1841 and 1861 to find kinship links between households in the community. He then outlines a useful method for ordering the data and analysing the material by using a table of random numbers. The results of his research were that relatives tended to live more closely together than they would have been expected to if they were normally scattered within the community.
In this programme, Dr. Michael Anderson, of the University of Edinburgh and author of 'Family Structure in 19th Century Lancashire', talks to Simon Albury who was at the time a BBC Open University ...producer about his research methods for finding out how closely relatives lived to each other in 19th century Preston. He looks at census enumerators' books from Preston between 1841 and 1861 to find kinship links between households in the community. He then outlines a useful method for ordering the data and analysing the material by using a table of random numbers. The results of his research were that relatives tended to live more closely together than they would have been expected to if they were normally scattered within the community.
| Module code and title: | D301, Historical sources and the social scientist |
|---|---|
| Item code: | D301; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 29-05-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
| Rights Statement: | |
| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:26 |
| + Show more... | |
| Producer: | Nigel Houghton |
| Contributors: | Simon Albury; Michael Anderson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Historical sources; Kinship; Preston; Social science |
| Footage description: | Albury introduces the programme which will examine the question of kinship and propinquity. Anderson outlines general historical assumptions and begins to explain his methodology. Anderson used census data for Preston in the 19th century. He mentions the findings of other researchers and then begins to explain what he did. Stills of census pages etc. Using a small area of Preston, Anderson explains how he built up his data, what he noted down etc. He transcribes this information to a map of the area to elucidate distances. He constructs a distance distribution table. Anderson also constructs a random scatter distribution table and compares the two sets of figures. This shows that there does appear to be a propensity for families to stay together. Albury and Anderson discuss other methodological problems. Anderson looks at possible research programmes for the students. Credits. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71309 |
| Production number: | 00525_2133 |
| Videofinder number: | 175 |
| Available to public: | no |
