Economic Development, Social Structure and biological living standard in Munich and in Southern Bavaria in the 19th. century
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8227 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8227
Abstract: This study is a contribution to hitorical anthropometric research.
Anthropometric historiy deals with the interaction of biological and economical processes. Body height and body weight are important indicators of the living standard, having strong effects on economic factors like work productivity and capital formation. Because of the close connection between nutritional status and body height, fertility rate and mortality rate, changes of body height serves a very valuable support for explaining demographic processes. Changes in body height are also indicators for changes in economic situat ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1813 - 1842
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE), Districts of the provincial court in Southern Bavaria: Munich-City, Munich on the right of the Isar, Munich on the left of the Isar, Miesbach, Reichenhall, Toelz, Wasserburg.
Universe:
Number of Units: 19562
Mode of Data Collection: Sources:
Conscription lists of the birth cohorst 1813-1842, Department II,
- of the capital and royal seat Munich,
- of the royal county court Toelz and
- of the public records office of Munich.
Reichenhall: conscription lists are available only for the birth cohort 1840.
Districts Miesbach, Toelz, Wasserburg and Reichenhall: all available conscr ... more Analysis System(s): Excel, ASCII
Number of Variables: 16
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Schuster, Klaus -
Publication year: 2006
DOI: 10.4232/1.8227
Study number: ZA8227
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8227
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Schuster, Klaus: Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Sozialstruktur und biologischer Lebensstandard in München und im südlichen Bayern im 19. Jahrhundert. St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag 2005.
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