Summary information
Study title
Long-Term Changes in Nutrition, Welfare and Productivity in Britain; Heights and Ages of Sandhurst Recruits, 1808-1893
Creator
Floud, R., University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College
Study number / PID
2133 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2133-1 (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 populationMain Topics:
Variables
Height, age, year of recruitment and fees (indicating income level of parent)
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1985
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
National
Military Academy recruits
Groups
Army recruits
Men
Young people
Universe
Recruits to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst (middle to upper class boys aged mainly 13-21 early in the century, 17-23 later on)
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData 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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