Overview databases with historical longitudinal data (hdl:10622/VEODGX)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Overview databases with historical longitudinal data

Identification Number:

hdl:10622/VEODGX

Distributor:

IISH Data Collection

Date of Distribution:

2025-10-24

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Mandemakers, Kees, 2025, "Overview databases with historical longitudinal data", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/VEODGX, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:IH1cyj0/An3Ilad36Qdukg== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Overview databases with historical longitudinal data

Identification Number:

hdl:10622/VEODGX

Authoring Entity:

Mandemakers, Kees (IISG)

Date of Production:

2025-10-27

Distributor:

IISH Data Collection

Access Authority:

Mourits, Rick

Depositor:

Mourits, Rick

Date of Deposit:

2025-10-24

Holdings Information:

https://hdl.handle.net/10622/VEODGX

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences

Abstract:

In the last 65 years several major historical databases with reconstructed life courses of large populations have been launched. Around 1990, we could find two important types of databases with longitudinal micro-data. The first type were event databases aimed on family reconstructions and usually based on baptism, marriage and funeral registers or on civil certificates introduced after 1800. The second type were databases with life courses: persons are observed on a more permanent basis using church examination or population registers. After 1990 a third type, databases with census data, really took off. In first instance in the form of samples, in second instance by entering full count samples which makes it possible to link the several censuses into one system, creating semi-longitudinal databases. Another development was the growth of special purpose samples into semi-longitudinal ones by following sampled persons from one source during their life course through linking with all kind of other sources. The development of these databases is indicative of considerable investments that have greatly expanded the possibilities for new research within the fields of history, demography, sociology, as well as other disciplines. <br> Fields with an asterisk are estimated.

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Citation

Identification Number:

https://doi.org/10.52024/hlcs21660

Bibliographic Citation:

Mandemakers, K. (2025). Overview and Comparison of 84 Databases with Historical Population Longitudinal Micro Data. Historical Life Course Studies, 15, 281-321.

File Description--f35531

File: Overview_databases_with_historical_longitudinal_data.tab

  • Number of cases: 84

  • No. of variables per record: 42

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:IH1cyj0/An3Ilad36Qdukg==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

Id

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 84.0; StDev 24.392621835300936; Mean 42.5; Max. 84.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AskFE3OUjCtuZg9iiNuFZg==

Name

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:OtiwTUESbhgPDEgJBzoLtQ==

Year_founding

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:HxhvS00xn/3R4iLj+Dka8g==

Region

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:5FXIzpc2DjhNbTv+48if2Q==

Country

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:p8mK+N/89XmwfA7TvFz5eQ==

Continent

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:bhbSJ7OmLsTjKYizdvnWBA==

Sample_information

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:f3Q2RlCnBAVfkEmL0nnyDw==

Sample_area

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:h0oVdkVZaTyQOiE5K3jocw==

Sample_frequency

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:ntCjusdPUpKxokGNU/UJzg==

Sample_frequency_cat

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:v4GXT+MR9ktDSEfmSRB9UQ==

Start_observation

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1940.0; Mean 1755.904761904762; Min. 740.0; StDev 155.7268708036737; Valid 84.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gSuxVqlYK0efLSZm0e/QkA==

End_observation

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1711.0; Valid 84.0; Mean 1914.154761904762; StDev 60.15672183447448; Max. 2024.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:0QQbs7dZqE2RLw0lfVukMQ==

Observation_period

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:a87U8p2NgKCqhNDzIT7+Eg==

Observation_range

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 11.0; StDev 157.8490108963748; Mean 159.25; Max. 1285.0; Valid 84.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zeqKh2CiMzm2CFWSROYTTw==

Observation_range_cat

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:D2xy/zzTkWMaBr0ssBixmg==

Main_source

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:TuqZLk/CKJhi5WkUMGpLVA==

Main_source_comb

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:CWjDWoTH9aBoqgEhclgkDQ==

IDS_implemented

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:7aaO1v3I/Gm83dWb/11xTQ==

Contemporary_linked

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gBnMZyUyLCyVgtlwet5Huw==

Intergenerationally_linked

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:pGKkgPf5W8KcwBIF2q4hFg==

Civil_records

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:RK6GvLlAhEWd9291CAsiHg==

Pop_registers

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:qQqC5bC+N433OJE/CT0pPg==

Specific_register

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:PhFYqIXX+zeFhZiX37jIQQ==

Census

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gp856OTSvHD3WQbFoGTLkA==

Death_causes

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:J6JA4ZykkUYF9q8VAbC3hw==

Tax_register

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:YHluJ7jWMHaBpZjlUnjQRg==

Conscription_records

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:sgjqDuuvVvVvv4VQC2yQ9g==

Land_registers

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:IA3cJ8ILJlHwWs95/9E+dQ==

More_sources

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:UjJkdnNMJI4ljzK39kiJ9A==

Year_data

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2025.0; Mean 2016.6904761904761; Valid 84.0; Min. 1971.0; StDev 9.978260937496858

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YfDI5YSYYSc324PE8DdU5Q==

Persons_sampled

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 115033.0; Mean 34245.818181818184; StDev 40067.60830600744; Valid 11.0; Min. 4006.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ari6S2grA016jYZmi0AQzQ==

Person_observations

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 3.895300376271185E7; StDev 1.2254684122475325E8; Min. 7315.0; Max. 7.1E8; Valid 59.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TsAQrt4NOnBN/vXHCx0VyQ==

Marriages

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1016555.2076122895; Min. 455.0; Valid 28.0; Mean 368962.03571428574; Max. 4500000.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ccxwjunAu/KJUkOwSRlzLA==

Family_observations

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 7.0; Mean 442546.1428571429; StDev 984342.34417663; Max. 2660521.0; Min. 899.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+bz9TeIq9+DJCLsZCWxoQA==

Household_observations

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 9600000.0; Min. 2254.0; Valid 7.0; Mean 1487320.4285714284; StDev 3579996.3456014334

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SP1EWj8zkRuQeELVFwvOgQ==

Unique_persons

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 3.41E8; Mean 6583221.80952381; Min. 1500.0; Valid 63.0; StDev 4.294931639221737E7;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:W2QUdkJlouY6IB4+J9Cg9Q==

Unique_families

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 271577.1176470588; Max. 4000000.0; StDev 962877.2934162536; Valid 17.0; Min. 202.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ikPAlcAkMUxBLFN+SIcmYw==

Unique_households

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 68543.35809228102; Mean 68712.16666666666; Valid 6.0; Max. 200000.0; Min. 12396.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yWc/mtF+QyeCNIu5K9C7FA==

Est_person_observations

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.775386723809524E7; Valid 84.0; Min. 6600.0; StDev 1.0390051480831918E8; Max. 7.1E8

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9XlHo7pySoEw2vtLuEHvLg==

Est_unique_persons

f35531 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 4.0025398689217165E7; Max. 3.41E8; Min. 1161.0; Valid 84.0; Mean 8376873.4880952425

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:R4BiY0F1b3cCNdaPa5dPug==

Remarks

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

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References

f35531 Location:

Variable Format: character

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