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National sample from the 1880 census of manufacturing

Title
National sample from the 1880 census of manufacturing / principal investigators, Jeremy Atack and Fred Batemen.
Author
Atack, Jeremy.
Publication
Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Bateman, Fred, 1937-2012.
  • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
Description
1 online resource.
Summary
This collection presents information from the 1880 census of manufacturing in 36 states and the District of Columbia. It was originally collected to paint a quantitative picture of industrialization in the United States. The data describe states and counties in terms of urban or rural, amount of capital invested, and numbers of male, female, and child workers employed. Additional information includes daily wage for skilled and unskilled labor, annual wage bill, hours in ordinary day's labor, number of waterwheels and steam engines, and horsepower by water or steam.
Series Statement
ICPSR ; 9385
Uniform Title
ICPSR (Series) ; 9385.
Subject
  • Manufacturing industries > United States > Public opinion
  • Public opinion > United States
  • Public opinion
  • census data
  • historical data
  • industrialization
  • manufacturing
  • nineteenth century
  • wages and salaries
  • workers
  • United States
Note
  • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
  • Title from title screen (viewed on November 7, 2005).
  • Collection of the data was underwritten by two grants from the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
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: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.
Event (note)
  • Date(s) of collection: 1986.
  • Time period: 1880.
Coverage (note)
  • Geographic coverage: United States.
Cite As (note)
  • Atack, Jeremy, and Fred Bateman. NATIONAL SAMPLE FROM THE 1880 CENSUS OF MANUFACTURING [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR version. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois/Bloomington, IN: Indiana University [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004.
Funding (note)
  • Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
  • Grant number: SES-86-05637, and SES-86-09392.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • Data format: logical record length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements, and SPSS portable file.
  • Extent of processing: MDATA. PR/ CDBK. ICPSR/ DDEF. ICPSR/ REFORM. DATA/ REFORM. DOC.
OCLC
  • ocn175980511
  • 175980511
  • SCSB-1959776
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library