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Co- residence in Denmark 1801. Hans Jørgen Marker Director Swedish National Data Service h.j.marker@snd.gu.se. Census of Denmark 1801. Determining co-residence. Establishing households Coding household positions (39,814 different strings reduced to 272 codes)
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Co-residence in Denmark 1801 Hans Jørgen Marker Director Swedish National Data Service h.j.marker@snd.gu.se SSHA 2009, Long Beach
Census of Denmark 1801 SSHA 2009, Long Beach
Determining co-residence • Establishing households • Coding household positions (39,814 different strings reduced to 272 codes) • Dividing persons into age groups (1-5,6-10 etc) • Coding: who else is in the household SSHA 2009, Long Beach
Household position codes SSHA 2009, Long Beach
Looking at households instead Generation span in rural households SSHA 2009, Long Beach
Conclusions • Co-residence captures phenomenons that are obscure when looking at households (eg. higher longevity of urban women living with children) • Co-residence diagrams can be deceiving • Some divisions only make sense when looking at households • If you look twice you may see more SSHA 2009, Long Beach