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The Standard of Living of the Californian Gold-Diggers

Finzsch, Norbert
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8033 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8033
Abstract: Determination of the weekly wholesale price of 35 consumer goods and
formation of a basket of goods; evaluation in view of the standard of
living of gold-diggers in the mine cities of California and the
tendency to take up wage working conditions.

Topics: Date of price information, source information, city, prices
of approx. 35 consumer goods.
Topics: HISTORY

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1849 - 1860
Geographic coverage: California (US-CA), San Francisco
Universe: Wholesale prices of consumer goods
Number of Units: 500
Sampling Procedure: Random selection
Mode of Data Collection: Sources: Price lists in newspapers.
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 52

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Finzsch, Norbert - Deutsches Historisches Institut, Washington D.C., USA
Publication year: 1990
DOI: 10.4232/1.8033
Study number: ZA8033
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Finzsch, Norbert (1990). The Standard of Living of the Californian Gold-Diggers. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8033 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8033.

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