A New Sample of Males Linked from the Public Use Microdata Sample of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Population to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census Manuscript Schedules

Historical Methods

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Ferrie, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTEBELLUM PERIOD; CENSUS (1850); DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; LABOUR MOBILITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SAMPLE;

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EID: 0030419886     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.1996.10112735     Document Type: Article

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