eha (version 1.4)

oldmort: 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)

source

The Demographic Data Base, Umeå University, Sweden.

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.

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) ...