oldmort {eha} | R Documentation |
Old age mortality, Sundsvall, Sweden, 1860-1880.
Description
The data consists of old age life histories from 1 January 1860 to 31 december 1880, 21 years. Only (parts of) life histories above age 60 is considered.
Usage
data(oldmort)
Format
A data frame with 6508 observations from 4603 persons on the following 13 variables.
id
Identification number.
enter
Start age for the interval.
exit
Stop age for the interval.
event
Indicator of death; equals
TRUE
if the person died at the end of the interval,FALSE
otherwise.birthdate
Birthdate as a real number (i.e., "1765-06-27" is 1765.490).
m.id
Mother's identification number.
f.id
Father's identification number.
sex
Gender, a factor with levels
male
female
civ
Civil status, a factor with levels
unmarried
married
widow
ses.50
Socio-economic status at age 50, a factor with levels
middle
unknown
upper
farmer
lower
birthplace
a factor with levels
parish
region
remote
imr.birth
Infant mortality rate at birth in the region of birth
region
Subregion of Sundsvall, a factor with levels
town
industry
rural
Details
The Sundsvall area in mid-Sweden was during the 19th century a fast growing forest industry. At the end of the century, it was one of the largest sawmill area in Europe. The town Sundsvall is fast growing part of the region and center for the commerse.
Source
The Demographic Data Base, Umeå University, Sweden.
References
Edvinsson, S. (2000). The Demographic Data Base at Umeå University: A resource for historical studies. In Hall, McKaa, and Thorvaldsen (eds), "Handbook of International Historical Microdata for Population Research", Minnesota Population Center, Minneapolis.
Examples
data(oldmort)
summary(oldmort)
## maybe str(oldmort) ; plot(oldmort) ...