Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940
During the 19th and early 20th century about 220,000 Dutch born persons migrated to the USA. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN) contains about 85,500 persons born in the Netherlands between 1812 and 1922. In this article we report the way we have matched persons from the HSN with the American censuses from the period 1850 till 1940. For this purpose, a linking process was designed, comprising of three stages: harmonization, matching and validation. The different nature of the two datasets (HSN and the USA Censuses) asked for some harmonization prior to the matching. Once the data h... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Historical Life Course Studies, Vol 9, Pp 1-23 (2020) |
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International Instititute of Social History
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Schlagwörter: | historical life courses / nominal record matching / emigration / social history / historical demography / Economic theory. Demography / HB1-3840 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26803350 |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/b5ec28a8770045979775fd0ef04773cf |