Research Catalog

Title

Aging of veterans of the Union Army [electronic resource] : surgeons' certificates, 1860-1940.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fogel, Robert William.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• University of Chicago. Center for Population Economics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00039402

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."

Series Statement

• Civil War veterans series
• ICPSR ; 2877

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 2877.

Alternative Title

Public use tape on the aging of the veterans of the Union Army, version S-1

Subjects

• Veterans
• Medical records
• dataset
• Socioeconomic status
• Military pensions
• American Civil War
• Medical records > United States > Statistics > Databases
• Demographic characteristics
• Census data
• Union Army
• Military recruitment
• Disease
• Military service
• Nutrition
• Veterans > United States > Health and hygiene > Statistics > Databases
• Nineteenth century
• Midlife
• dataset > 1860-1940
• United States > Army > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Statistics > Databases
• Aging
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Statistics > Databases
• Labor force
• Health status
• Mortality rates
• Twentieth century
• Causes of death

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1860-1940.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on May 22, 2006).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 9 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: 1991-1999.
• Time period: 1860-1940.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Fogel, Robert W., et al. AGING OF VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: SURGEONS' CERTIFICATES, 1860-1940 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Chicago, IL: Robert W. Fogel et al., University of Chicago, Center for Population Economics [producers], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
• Grant number: NIH-PO1-AG10120 and NSF-SBR-9114981.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: CONCHK.PR/ UNDOCCHK.PR/ MDATA.PR/ REFORM.DOC/ DDEF.ICPSR/ REFORM.DATA.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library