Carlschule Students Height Measurements, 1771-1793 (ICPSR 9720)

Published: May 12, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
John Komlos, University of Pittsburgh

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09720.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This data collection tracks the height of boys at the Carlschule in Stuttgart, Germany. Information includes a student identification number, name, social status, father's profession, occupation of the student after he left school, place of birth, month of last measurement, year of last measurement, height measured in feet to the nearest quarter of an inch, month of enrollment, year of enrollment, age at enrollment, tuition paid per annum, whether any brothers were enrolled, and identification numbers of up to three brothers enrolled at the Carlschule.

Citation

Komlos, John. Carlschule Students Height Measurements, 1771-1793. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-05-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09720.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation

Subject Terms

body height boys demographic characteristics eighteenth century historical data occupations siblings

Geographic Coverage

Germany Global

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1771 -- 1793

Date of Collection

1986

Data Collection Notes

Although there is a unique identification number for each student in the dataset, the number of records corresponding to the same identification number varies. Each record represents a student's height measurement for a particular date. Records with the same student identification number are grouped consecutively.

Methodology

Universe

Students registered at the Carlschule in Stuttgart, Germany.

Data Source

Documents of the Hohe Carlschule stored in the Stadtarchiv, Stuttgart, Germany,

Data Type(s)

administrative records data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1992-05-12

Version Date

1992-05-12

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.