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Issues in the analysis of ethnicity in the 1991 British Census: Evidence from microdata (1997)
Journal Article
Dale, A., & Holdsworth, C. (1997). Issues in the analysis of ethnicity in the 1991 British Census: Evidence from microdata. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 20(1), 160-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1997.9993952

The 1991 British Census was the first to ask a question on ethnic group. This Research note provides a brief review of the development of the question and then uses the Samples of Anonymised Records, also newly available in 1991, to explore the const... Read More about Issues in the analysis of ethnicity in the 1991 British Census: Evidence from microdata.

Ethnic differences in women's employment (1997)
Journal Article
Holdsworth, C., & Dale, A. (1997). Ethnic differences in women's employment. Work, Employment and Society, 11(3), 435-457. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017097113003

This paper uses the 1 per cent household file from the Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) for the 1991 Census and the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) to explore variations in patterns of employment and occupational attainment among women from different... Read More about Ethnic differences in women's employment.

Women's work and family health: Evidence from the Staffordshire Potteries, 1890-1920 (1997)
Journal Article
Holdsworth, C. (1997). Women's work and family health: Evidence from the Staffordshire Potteries, 1890-1920. Continuity and Change, 12(1), 103–128. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026841609700283X

The progress of industrialization throughout the nineteenth century had profound effects on health and mortality. One relationship that contemporaries found particularly alarming was the potentially damaging effect that the employment of women in ind... Read More about Women's work and family health: Evidence from the Staffordshire Potteries, 1890-1920.