Budget accounts of private households in 19th and 20th century
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8173 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13721
Abstract: The expenditure accounts of private households are an important socio-historical source and serve as an instrument for the determination of changes in the living standards of population. The scientific analysis of private household budgets was already started in the end of the 18th century with an investigation of the situation of families in rural lower classes in England. In Germany the beginnings of the work with household statistics took place in the middle of the 19th century.
The study “Budget accounts of private households in 19th and 20th century” contains data on budgets of approx. 4 ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1850 - 1927
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE) | German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE)
Universe: Haushaltsbücher
Number of Units: ca. 4000
Sampling Procedure: ca. 4000 Haushaltsbücher Mode of Data Collection: Approx. 4000 household budget accounts were collected. The study started as a research project by the ministry of science and research of the state North-Rhine Westphalia in the second half of the 19th century (Az: IV AG-30101386). Then it was supported by research funds of the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken. Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, Excel, CSV
Number of Variables: 62
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Pierenkemper, Toni - Seminar für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte der Universität zu Köln
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13721 | 10.4232/1.8173
Study number: ZA8173
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 2.0.0, 2021-03-25, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13721
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Pierenkemper, Toni (Hrsg.):
Zur Ökonomik des privaten Haushalts. Haushaltsrechnungen als Quellen historischer Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung.
Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 1991. | Pierenkemper, Toni:
Haushalt und Verbrauch in historischer Perspektive – ein Forschungsüberblick.
In: Pierenkemper, Toni (Hrsg.):
Haushalt und Verbrauch in Historischer ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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