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Births, Stillbirths and Infant Mortality in the GDR

Class, Fabian; Driesch, Ellen von den
WZB - Berlin Social Science Center. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1447
Abstract: The dataset contains information on births, stillbirths and infant mortality on the canton and national level for the years 1952 to 1990. For the years 1970 to 1989 the data also contains information on births and infant mortality on the county level. The information is based on the Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. The State Central Bureau for Statistics recorded the number of births, still births and infant mortality on a yearly basis. The research for this dataset was financed by the research grant KO 2239/3-1 “Spontane Revolution oder lange Wende? Eine soziologisch ... more
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License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell – Keine Bearbeitung (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de)
Subject area: Population Studies, Sociology of Population | Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung | Medicine, Social Medicine

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1952;1990
Geographic coverage (free): Deutsche Demokratische Republik (1949-1990) / DDDE | German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) / DDDE
Sampling Procedure: Total Universe / Complete enumeration
Mode of Data Collection: Transcription
Notes: For further information on data sources type "notes" or "notes [varname]" or "codebook, notes".;

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Class, Fabian; University of Potsdam | Driesch, Ellen von den; WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.7802/1447
Study number: SDN-10.7802-1447
Project funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft;DFG
Publisher: WZB - Berlin Social Science Center

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1447

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