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 If, Ig, Ih, Im; 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.
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
- Following 76 files are available for downloading
File Name Size (Zipped) File Type Access Note ajc1 577.0k
(80.5k)Tables Public Age distribution of population in 1926 for oblast areas as of 1897; taken from Russian, Polish, Latvian censuses. By sex, urban/rural. Married women 15-49 tabulated separately. ajc19 581.5k
(68.3k)Tables Public 1897 population 15-49, by age group, sex, urban/rural residence and % distribution by marital status. Also total and legitimate births, and calculation of IM, IF, and IG, and singulate mean age of marriage for males and females. For 1897 provinces and also re-aggregated according to republic boundaries as of 1959. ajc2 801.5k
(55.6k)Tables Public Documentation of how 1897 areas were obtained for population distributions in ajc1 and ajc3, including references to source materials. No indication of how adjustments were made for different dates of sources. ajc20 813.6k
(102.0k)Tables Public 1926 population 15-49, by age group, sex, urban/rural residence and distribution by marital status. Also total and legitimate births, and calculation of IM, IF, and IG, and singulate mean age of marriage for males and females. For 1897 provinces and also re-aggregated according to republic boundaries as of 1959. ajc21 179.1k
(32.8k)Tables Public Tabulations of populations age 15-49 in 1897, 1926, 1939, 1959 and 1970, by region, age group, sex, marital status and urban/rural residence. Comparisons of boundaries in 1897, 1926 and 1959. ajc22 3.4m
(244.4k)Tables Public Tabulation of female population in 1897 by age group, marital status and urban/rural residence, for province total and ethnic group or nationality within province. Also births by legitmacy status, IM, IF, IG, IH and crude birth rate. Summaries beginning at line 24417 have, for each ethnic group within each province, a single line containing female population, married female population and other demographic measures. Repeated for urban and rural populations separately. ajc22.old 4.1m
(382.3k)Tables Public 1897 census Russia , Kingdom of Poland, nationalities ,by(U+R),(U),( R ) ajc23 2.6m
(178.0k)Tables Public Tabulations similar to ajc22, but for Caucasus, Siberia, and Middle Asia. Summary data beginning at line 19177 contains, on one record for each ethnic group or nationality within province, and for province total, the following data: GIWI, GIMI, IF, IM, IG, crude birth rate, total population, female population, female crude birth rate, female crude death rate, gross reproduction rate, and sex ratios at age 0-1 and 1-9. Two additional summaries repeat these statistics for urban and rural populations separately. ajc24 936.8k
(96.3k)Tables Public Tabulations of female population by age group, marital status, urban/rural residence for provinces, cities, and ethnic groups within province or city. Summary beginning at line 6799, has one record for each population subgroup containing GIWI, GIMI, IF, IM, IG, IH, IU, crude birth rate and proportion illegitimate. No date given; suspect it's 1926 population by 1959 areas. ajc25 591.9k
(56.7k)Tables Public Same as ajc24, but for Ukrainian SSR only. Summary records begin at line 4311. ajc26 50.4k
(6.4k)Tables Public Summaries of IM, IF, IG, GIWI, and GIMI for 1897, 1926, 1939, 1959, and 1970 by region, using boundaries of 1959. By urban, rural and total. Begins with documentation of 1897 areas combined to replicate 1959 boundaries. ajc3 950.0k
(72.8k)Tables Public Age distributions of 1926 populations aged 20-59 for constituent areas described in ajc2, as well as for (1897) province totals. By sex, urban/rural residence and literacy. Contains references to documents used. ajc4 685.6k
(87.6k)Tables Public Age distributions of oblast populations aged 10-60+ by sex, urban/rural residence, literacy in Russian, literacy in other languages, and education level. Oblasts labelled by number only, no indication of date, suspect it's 1897, because tabulations are in same groupings as ajc5, which refers to that date. ajc5 523.6k
(62.9k)Tables Public Age distributions of oblast populations as in ajc4, but for "B.Russians" (Byelorussians?) and Ukrainian populations (separately) in those oblasts. The date 1897 is mentioned in several labels. ajc6 1.5m
(165.7k)Tables Public Age distributions of oblast populations as in ajc4, but for White Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Moldavian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Jewish, German, Armjanen (Armenian?), Greek,Tatar, Georgian, Baschkiren, Kalmjicen, Kirgizen, Chuvasen, and B.Russian (Byelorussian?) populations in those oblasts. (The "B.Russians" are tabulated for just a few oblasts, none of which are duplicates of oblasts in file ajc5.) ajc7 526.1k
(144.6k)Tables Public Total births by sex and legitimacy; deaths by sex, infant deaths by sex; and total marriages, for each oblast for years 1843 through 1913. File begins with documentation of sources of data in Library of Congress and New York Public Library, including shelf number and reel number of microfilms. ajc8 292.7k
(48.7k)Tables Public Average age of marriage for females in the 50 European provinces of Russia, for 1867 and 1871 through 1908. Number of marriages by 5-year age group of woman, for 1867, 1871-1883, 1885-87, 1889, 1890, 1892-1901, 1903-1908. areas.txt 20.9k
(3.7k)Documentation Public austria.cbk 6.9k
(2.0k)Codebook Public austria.dat 218.0k
(72.8k)Raw Data Public coale3 1.6m
(216.2k)Tables Public Tabulation of 1959 population by years of education completed, age group, and urban/rural residence. For entire USSR, regions, and separately by oblast. Cities shown separately. Also average years of education by age group for population aged 10 to 70+. Summary beginning at line 11880 shows (age?) standardized mean years of education by sex and urban/rural residence for each of the regions shown in more detail earlier. coale7 606.9k
(54.6k)Tables Public Age distributions by sex and urban/rural residence for 1970. For Russian Republic and Ukraine (?) with smaller areas shown in less detail. Also summaries of IF, IM, IG. coale8 39.2k
(4.5k)Tables Public Same as coale7, but for White Russia. ef30yr01 123.0k
(34.5k)Raw Data Public efaustr.dat 2.1m
(98.8k)Raw Data Public efaustr.doc 51.1k
(7.0k)Documentation Public efaustr.newdat 217.8k
(72.8k)Raw Data Public efengld.dat 529.9k
(90.0k)Raw Data Public efengld.dat~ 531.3k
(90.0k)Raw Data Public efengld.doc 78.3k
(7.8k)Documentation Public efgermn.dat 32.4k
(11.3k)Raw Data Public efgermn.doc 10.0k
(1.8k)Documentation Public efptp1 1.1m
(174.7k)Raw Data Public efrussi.dat1897 12.9k
(4.1k)Raw Data Public efrussi.dat1959 10.3k
(3.5k)Raw Data Public efrussi.doc1897 5.2k
(1.2k)Data Dictionary Public efrussi.doc1959 2.6k
(695)Data Dictionary Public efswitz.dat1870 88.6k
(19.6k)Raw Data Public efswitz.dat1888 80.2k
(17.7k)Raw Data Public efswitz.dat1910 137.1k
(32.0k)Raw Data Public efswitz.dat1930 73.5k
(16.2k)Raw Data Public efswitz.doc 24.4k
(4.7k)Documentation Public efswitz.doc1870 6.7k
(1.3k)Data Dictionary Public efswitz.doc1888 6.3k
(1.2k)Data Dictionary Public efswitz.doc1910 8.5k
(1.9k)Data Dictionary Public efswitz.doc1930 6.4k
(1.2k)Data Dictionary Public efupdat 130.6k
(35.7k)Raw Data Public eurfer.corr1 1.2m
(194.5k)Raw Data Public eurfert.intro 9.4k
(2.6k)Documentation Public germany.cbk 6.5k
(2.0k)Codebook Public germany.dat 32.4k
(11.3k)Raw Data Public list.eurfer 4.9k
(789)Other Public master.dat 799.7k
(181.5k)Raw Data Public master.doc 36.2k
(10.5k)Documentation Public Contains data dictionary for master data file as well as country region and language codes readme 8.6k
(2.9k)Documentation Public readme.austria 2.4k
(1.1k)Documentation Public readme.germany 1.9k
(953)Documentation Public readme.switz 6.0k
(2.5k)Documentation Public russ1897.cbk 3.0k
(1.1k)Codebook Public russ1897.dat 13.0k
(4.1k)Raw Data Public russ1959.cbk 1.5k
(671)Codebook Public russ1959.dat 10.4k
(3.5k)Raw Data Public russmisc.doc 6.2k
(2.3k)Documentation Public se59 10.3k
(3.5k)Raw Data Public se97 12.9k
(4.1k)Raw Data Public sw1870.cbk 5.7k
(1.6k)Codebook Public sw1870.dat 94.0k
(22.3k)Raw Data Public sw1888.cbk 4.7k
(1.4k)Codebook Public sw1888.dat 85.7k
(20.2k)Raw Data Public sw1910.cbk 8.5k
(2.2k)Codebook Public sw1910.dat 142.8k
(34.9k)Raw Data Public sw1930.cbk 4.1k
(1.3k)Codebook Public sw1930.dat 79.0k
(18.8k)Raw Data Public swvars.txt 7.9k
(1.4k)Documentation Public thirtyyr.dat 124.0k
(34.6k)Raw Data Public thirtyyr.doc 19.2k
(6.3k)Documentation Public