Occupational classification in the north atlantic population project

Historical Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-96

  Roberts, Evan ^a   Ronnander, Chad ^a   Woollard, Matthew ^b   Dillon, Lisa Y ^c   Thorvaldsen, Gunnar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Census; Historical international standard classification of occupations (HISCO); Microdata; North atlantic population project (NAPP); Occupations

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OCCUPATION;

CANADA; ICELAND; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041730173     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440309601218     Document Type: Article

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