Princeton European Fertility Project:
Demographic Data
Princeton European Fertility Project:
Demographic Data
In 1980, Dr. Roy Treadway produced two data files for the
provinces studied in the Princeton European Fertility Project.
- Master Data File
- 30-Year Summary File
Both files contain the four
fertility indices I
f, I
g, I
h,
I
m; the master file also contains other basic demographic
indicators where available, e.g.,
population size, the infant mortality rate (IMR), singulate mean age
at marriage (SMAM), proportions ever-married by a given age, and
proportion urban.
Master Data File
The master data file is organized hierarchically, with data
for the entire country, followed by data for provinces or smaller
districts within the country. Some countries
also have a further breakdown into urban and rural regions within the
district.
Each of the areas (entire country or smaller district) has a
"title" record, containing the
name of the area and other summary information. This is followed by a varying
number of records containing the
available data at various dates. If there are records for
urban and rural areas, the data first have all the years for the
total population of an area, followed by all the years for the urban
population, and finally all the years for the rural population.
There is no indication in the title record of the number of years of
data following, nor whether there are records for urban and rural
areas. In cases where urban/rural breakdowns are available only in
certain years or certain provinces, the urban and rural records are
still included for each province in each year, with blanks or zeros
coded in the data.
Some countries have more than one "series" of data, based mainly
on boundary differences. For example, Series 0 for Austria contains
data from 1880-1910, while Series 1 contains data from 1931 to 1960,
reflecting the changes in the Austrian borders following World War I.
Denmark has two series of data, both containing data from 1852-1960;
Series 0 has data aggregated into 24 provinces, while Series 1
has data aggregated in 10 larger regions. A list of all the
countries, and a summary of the data available for each, is available
here.
Thirty Year Summary File
This file contains a one-record summary of some of the data in the master
file for each country and for each smaller district within the country.
The fertility indices are given (where available) at four points in
time. The time points shown are the years closest to 1870, 1900,
1930 and 1960. A list of the countries and the actual years used is
available here.
Availability of Data and Codebooks
The data and codebooks, as well as extensive notes and lists of
country-specific codes, are available.
- Master File: the zipped archive can be retrieved
by clicking here.
The codebook may be viewed online by clicking
here.
- Thirty-Year File: the zipped archive can be retrieved
by clicking here.
The codebook may be viewed online by clicking
here.
- List of All Files: a list of all archived PEFP files
is available here.
If you have questions or comments about the data,
please contact
archive@opr.princeton.edu.
