Life-Expectancy in Germany, 1700 to 1890.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8066 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8066
Abstract: Keywords; Search terms:
historical time series; historical statistics; histat / HISTAT .
Abstract:
In this study the constantly rising human life expectancy since the beginning of the 18th century is analysed in some regions of Germany in comparative point of view.
On the basis of worldwide singular sources in terms of clan registers of villages and localities as well as flow sheets the researcher Arthur E. Imhof and his research group of the ‘Freie Universität Berlin’ analysed more than 130.000 individual biografies from the 17th till the 19th century in six regions of northern, souther ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1700 - 1890
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE) | German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE) | , Germany according to the respective area borders (regional data from Hamburg, East Friesland, Hartum, Schwalm, Saarland, Herrenberg, Ortenau).
Number of Units: 174503 Zeitpunkte
Data Collector: Imhof, Arthur E.
Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften, Freie Universität
Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, Excel
Number of Variables: 36 Zeiteinheiten
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Imhof, Arthur E. - Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin
Publication year: 1998
DOI: 10.4232/1.8066
Study number: ZA8066
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8066
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Imhof, Arthur E. et al.:
Lebenserwartung in Deutschland vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert.
Weinheim: Acta humaniora, 1990. | Imhof, Arthur E. (Hrsg.):
Leben wir zulange? Die Zunahme unserer Lebensspanne seit 300 Jahren und die Folgen. Beiträge eines Symposiums vom 27. bis 29. November 1991 an der Freien Universität Berlin.
Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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