Aging of Veterans of the Union Army: Surgeons' Certificates, 1860-1940 (ICPSR 2877)

Name: Aging of Veterans of the Union Army: Surgeons' Certificates, 1860-1940
Published: 2000-06-21
License: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/2877/terms

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006 View help for published

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Robert W., et al. Fogel, University of Chicago. Center for Population Economics

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Civil War Veterans Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02877.v1

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Summary View help for Summary

This data collection constitutes a portion of the historical data collected by the project "Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease, and Death." With the goal of constructing datasets suitable for longitudinal analyses of factors affecting the aging process, the project collects military, medical, and socioeconomic data on a sample of white males mustered into the Union Army during the Civil War. The surgeons' certificates contain information from examining physicians to determine eligibility for pension benefits. Also included are questions regarding the age, occupation, residence, and military experience of the veterans. These data can be linked to AGING OF VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: MILITARY, PENSION, AND MEDICAL RECORDS, 1820-1940 (ICPSR 6837) and AGING OF VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS, 1850, 1860, 1900, 1910 (ICPSR 6836) using the variable "recidnum."

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Fogel, Robert W. Aging of Veterans of the Union Army: Surgeons’ Certificates, 1860-1940. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02877.v1

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Funding View help for Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (NIH-PO1-AG10120), National Science Foundation (NSF-SBR-9114981)

Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms

aging American Civil War causes of death census data demographic characteristics disease health status labor force medical records midlife military pensions military recruitment military service mortality rates nineteenth century nutrition socioeconomic status twentieth century Union Army veterans

Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage

United States

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

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Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s)

1860 -- 1940

Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection

1991 -- 1999

Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes

(1) This collection contains 81,877 cases that are split into nine files. Users should refer to the Supplemental Documentation for information on merging these files. (2) There are multiple observations per individual. An individual observation can be identified by the unique combination of the variables "recidnum" and "examnum."

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Sample View help for Sample

A one-stage cluster sample of Union Army companies was randomly selected from the "Regimental Books" housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

Universe View help for Universe

Union Army recruits in white volunteer infantry regiments. Commissioned officers, Black recruits, and other branches of the military were excluded from the universe.