Introduction
Content, Design and Structure of Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21244682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Alter (0000-0003-3823-4972, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Kees Mandemakers (Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author), Hélène Vézina (0000-0002-3002-309X, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 228-234 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Life Course Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2352-6343 • E-ISSN: 2352-6343 |
| Publisher | International Institute of Social History (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.51964/hlcs15759 |
| OpenAlex | W4384524480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years the development of historical databases reconstructing the lives of large populations accelerated. These considerable investments of time and money have greatly expanded possibilities for new research in history, demography, sociology, economics, and other disciplines. This special issue describes the content and design of 23 important historical databases. Authors were given the freedom to discuss a range of practical and technical decisions from evaluating archival sources to crowdsourcing data entry. The most common issue is nominative record linkage, but we find different choices between semi-automatic and fully automatic linkage techniques and various approaches for connecting diverse sources. Some databases describe special problems, like linking Chinese names, handwritten text recognition or the construction of a release in IDS-format. Other databases offer detailed descriptions of sources or discuss prospects for including new datasets
Crowdsourcing · Data science · Database · Information retrieval · Population · Sociology · World Wide Web · Census and Population Estimation · Computer Science · Data Quality and Management
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Principles and Prospects of the Life Course Paradigm
Big Data
Best Practices with Large Databases on Historical Populations
A new strategy for linking U.S. historical censuses
The North Atlantic Population Project An Overview
Big Microdata for Population Research
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |