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The Leiden elite, 16th - 19th century
The research focuses on the marriage patterns among elite groups in Leiden compared to those in The United Provinces and other European countries. The main subject of the investigation is to discover when the Western European marriage pattern became the most important one in the Leiden patriciate. The uniqueness of these patterns is determined by comparing them with the...
Poor relief in Amsterdam, about 1800-1850
The main subject of this dataset is a socio-historical investigation into the functioning of poor relief in the city of Amsterdam during 1800-1850. The data is based on registration documents of the institutions for poor relief (such as the Lutheran, Jewish and Municipal institutions). Each file contains background information, for example demographic data and social...
VHMO-data Rotterdam, 1880/'81 en 1920
Social background, school records and social and geographical mobility of students of prepatory secundary and higher education in Rotterdam, cohorts 1880-1881 and 1920.
Tekstuitgave van de Bredase necrologia en obituaria. Begijnhof (1353) ca. 1500-1626, Norbertinessenklooster Sint-Catharinadal (1271-1960). Grote of OLV kerk: kanunniken en kapelanen (1303-1580)
De obituaria en necrologia die voor Breda bewaard zijn gebleven zijn sterk met elkaar verweven. Dezelfde personen werden vaak in verschillende registers opgenomen. Vooral het jaargetijdenregister van het begijnhof en de registers voor de Grote- of OLV-kerk zijn sterk met elkaar verbonden. Oorzaak hiervan was dat de begijnen een deel van de memories afwerkten in de Grote...
Social and geographical mobility of students in Tiel, cohorts 1880-1881 and 1920
Only lower education, more comprehensive lower education and VHMO.Units of observation: students.
The recruitment of European volunteers for the Dutch colonial army
The recruitment of European volunteers for the Dutch colonial army. Sample taken from the registers (stamboeken) of the Dutch Colonial army.
Infant mortality by municipality in the Netherlands, 1841-1939
Infant mortality, live births and infant mortality rates by municipality in the Netherlands in the periods 1841-1860, 1861-1874, 1875-1884, 1885-1894, 1895-1903, 1904-1913, 1914-1923, 1924-1933, 1934-1939.MS Excel dataset including description in English; additional PDF document in Dutch.
Leiden testaments, 1425-1499
This dataset contains data pertaining to the Leiden population who made their last will known. The research is concentrated on worldly and religious spendings of the Leiden population during 1425-1499. Personal data such as family name, civil status, occupation, fortune and property are included. Data were collected during a doctorate seminar, 'Mecanaat', by prof. Blockmans...
Leiden Historical Population Databank 1700-1850, Population data Leiden 1671-1895
The dataset contains population data of the city of Leiden from 1671 until 1895. These are the yearly population, birth and death totals, as well as birth and death rates for the period 1671 - 1895, marriage totals and marriage rates for the period 1690-1895 and infant mortality rates for the period 1819-1895. These data are partly derived from archival or published...
Leiden Historical Population Databank 1700-1850, Kohier 1748
The MS-Access database KOHIER1748 is almost completely based on the archival source of the "Kohier van het Provisioneel Middel tot remplacant der afgeschafte pagten van 1748" (Regionaal Archief Leiden) of the city of Leiden made up in 1748.This tax assessment register contains data on the almost total population of Leiden in that year, including information on occupation,...
Prosopography of the medieval administrative elite of The Hague
The relationship of the administrative elite and the 'Landsheerlijke'[sovereign] elite of civil servants. Social mobility, mutation rhythm, concentration of power within the political elite. Units of observation: records (persons).Web application, index file = hal_frm.htm
Population census in VOC-Batavia
Demografische geschiedenis van Batavia, 1673-1793. Onderzoekseenheden: stadsdelen, wijken, etnische groepen, jaren.
Strikes in the Netherlands, 1810-1995
The dataset contains data on all known strikes in the Netherlands during the period 1810-1998. Dataset also includes data on other incidents of labour unrest.
Resident population in Portuguese centers, 1890-1991
Included are data on the Portuguese urban centers with a resident population above 5000 inhabitants. The dataset can be used as a demographic criterium to analyse the Portuguese urban system, accepting the administrative boundaries that underlie the official statistics. A detailed check is made of small administrative units, called 'freguesias' for a considerably large...
Registration of loans and gifts in Leiden, 1932-1936
This dataset contains information on loans and gifts, occupation, addresses and sex of persons who applied for, and received, loans and gifts of the Crisis Committee of Leiden during the years 1932-1936. The data was collected during an Economic History seminar at Leiden University under the supervision of Professor dr H. de Vries.
Socio-historical description of Amsterdam, about 1800
This dataset contains information about the social structure in the nineteenth-century Amsterdam society. It provides data on the type and composition of the households.
Leiden Historical Population Databank, 1700-1850, Census 1808 Leiden
The dataset contains data taken from the census, held in Leiden in 1808. The dataset is a 20% sample of the original census source. The master thesis which is based on this dataset is available as a pdf document (in overig: “Leiden in 1808”, in Dutch).
Social, geographical and religious background and academic records of Delft students in the period 1840-1940
Education, social and religious background.Units of observation: students
Leiden Historical Population Databank, 1700-1850, Indemnity Acts
The dataset contains data taken from indemnity acts (acten van cautie) for the period 1732 – 1785 of the city of Leiden.Date: 2011-06-20
Homosexuality in Finland in the 1940s and the 1960s, Data Gathered 1994-1998
The study charted the perceptions and beliefs about same-sex relationships in Finland after the wars. The data were collected between 1994 and 1998, and the full data contain 26 interviews, conducted mainly in Tampere. The total length of the dataset is 660 pages. Some of the respondents had been in a same-sex relationship, while some were outside observers. The respondents...
Homosexuality in Finland in the 1940s and the 1960s: Partial Data, Gathered 1994-1998
The study charted the perceptions and beliefs about same-sex relationships in Finland after the wars. The data were collected between 1994 and 1998, and this partial dataset consists of 11 interviews, conducted mainly in Tampere. The total length of the partial data is 223 pages. Only one of the respondents had been in a same-sex relationship; the others were outside...
Cohort Component Population Estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920
This is a dataset of vital statistics and cohort component population estimates at a spatially-disaggregated level for the island of Ireland for the period 1911-1920. The raw data were digitised by the authors using official UK government statistics. The population estimates were then derived by the cohort component method. These data provide novel intercensal population...
Pioneers of Social Research, 1996-2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. The Pioneers of Social Research collection includes the full interview transcripts, interview summaries, edited thematic highlights, short biographies and links to audio extracts from detailed life story interviews conducted with some fifty pioneers of social...
Deprived White Community? Social Action in Three Norwich Estates, 1940-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The project charted changes since 1940 in the interface between official descriptions of three Norwich council estates (North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit) as deprived, and residents' own social and spatial identity practices.
It looked critically at the extent to...
Productivity and Household Economy in a Tyneside Mining Community, 1774-1867
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project employed computer-aided longitudinal analysis of work records from a nineteenth-century coal mining community. It examined how household labour supplies and exogenous demand for coal were mediated through the work environment. It sought to amend existing views of the historic family economy...
Digitalisation, Dematerialisation and Decarbonisation of the Global Economy in Historical Perspective: The Relationship Between Energy and Information, 1850-2019
To better understand the processes of digitalisation, dematerialisation and decarbonisation, this paper examines the relationship between energy and information for the global economy since 1850. It presents the long run trends in energy intensity and communication intensity, as a proxy for total information intensity. The evidence suggests that, relative to GDP, global...
Crown Street, 1955-1963
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study was generated as part of the project ‘Living standards, social identities and the English working class, 1945-1970’, which aimed to investigate how and why working-class living standards and identities changed between 1945 and 1970. One of its main objectives was to re-analyse those postwar...
Welfare Regimes under the Irish Poor Law, 1850-1921
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This data was collected as a part of a project that set out to investigate the history of statutory poor relief in Ireland from the end of the Great Famine in 1850 to the establishment of an independent Irish state in 1922. Using qualitative and quantitative data, it explored the character, organisation...