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Summary information

Study title

Long-Term Changes in Nutrition, Welfare and Productivity in Britain; Heights and Ages of Landmen Volunteers Recruited to the Marine Society, 1756-1814

Creator

Floud, R., University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College

Study number / PID

2132 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2132-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

To use information about the heights of the British since the middle of the eighteenth century to describe their nutritional status and to explore its relationship to the welfare and productivity of that population
Main Topics:

Variables
Height, age and year of recruitment

Topics

HistoryEconomic conditions and indicatorsHealth behaviourGeneral health and well-beingSocial conditions and indicators

Keywords

AGEDIET AND EXERCISEHEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)MENMILITARY PERSONNEL RECORDSRECRUITMENTROYAL MARINESSEAMENWORKING CLASSANTHROPOMETRIC DATA

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1985

Country

England

Time dimension

Time Series

Analysis unit

Subnational
Naval recruits
Groups
Army recruits
Men
Young people

Universe

Lower working class men aged approximately 18-30 recruited to the Marine Society to be clothed and sent to the Navy; those very short or unfit excluded

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1986

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Related publications

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