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Martin Dribe. Photo.

Martin Dribe

Professor, Centre director, Centre for Economic Demography

Martin Dribe. Photo.

The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD)

Author

  • Martin Dribe
  • Luciana Quaranta

Summary, in English

he Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD) is a high-quality longitudinal data resource spanning the period 1646−1967. It covers all individuals born in or migrated to the city of Landskrona and five rural parishes in western Scania in southern Sweden. The entire population present in the area is fully covered after 1813. At the individual level, SEDD combines various demographic and socioeconomic records, including causes of death, place of birth and geographic data on the place of residence within a parish. At the family level, the data contain a combination of demographic records and information on occupation, landholding and income. The data for 1813−1967 was structured in the model of the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS). In addition to storing source data in the SEDD IDS tables, a wide range of individual- and context-level variables were constructed, which means that most types of analyses using SEDD can be conducted without the need of further elaboration of the data. This article discusses the source material, linkage methods, and structure of the database.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History
  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2020-11-12

Language

English

Pages

158-158

Publication/Series

Historical Life Course Studies

Volume

9

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

European Historical Population Samples Network

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • Sweden
  • Historical demography
  • Family reconstitution
  • Population registers
  • Longitudinal data
  • Life courses
  • Intermediate Data Structure

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2352-6343