Agricultural and Demographic Records for Rural Households in the North, 1860 (ICPSR 7420)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Fred Bateman; James D. Foust

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07420.v1

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Summary

Demographic, occupational, and economic information for over 21,000 rural households in the northern United States in 1860 are presented in this dataset. The data were obtained from the manuscript agricultural and population schedules of the 1860 United States Census and are provided for all households in a single township from each of 102 randomly-selected counties in sixteen northern states. Variables in the dataset include farm values, livestock, and crop production figures for the households which owned or operated farms (over half the households sampled), as well as value of real and personal estate, color, sex, age, literacy, school attendance, occupation, place of birth, and parents' nationality of all individuals residing in the sampled townships.

Citation

Bateman, Fred, and Foust, James D. Agricultural and Demographic Records for Rural Households in the North, 1860. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07420.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (GS-27143)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

At the request of the principal investigator, any publications that draw upon the sample must observe the copyright held by Professors Bateman and Foust.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Data Collection Notes

  1. This collection was archived by ICPSR to promote the use of social science data in undergraduate and graduate education through the sharing of faculty-submitted ICPSR data-based instructional materials developed for use in the classroom.

  2. Instructional materials for use with these data may be found at AGRICULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC RECORDS FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE NORTH, 1860: [INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS] (ICPSR 3463)
  3. Another version of this study, AGRICULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF 21,118 RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED FROM THE 1860 MANUSCRIPT CENSUSES (ICPSR 9117), is available in hierarchical format.
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Sample

A two-stage variable-cluster sample design was use. A random sample of 102 counties in sixteen northern states was drawn. From each of these counties one non-urban township was randomly selected. Census records from all households in the selected townships were included in the study.

Universe

956 counties in 20 northern states

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Original Release Date

1984-05-11

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Bateman, Fred, and James D. Foust. Agricultural and Demographic Records for Rural Households in the North, 1860. ICPSR07420-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07420.v1
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