Public use tape on the aging of veterans of the Union Army.
By: Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago and Department of Economics, Brigham Young University.
Contributors: Fogel, Robert William.; University of Chicago. Center for Population Economics.; Brigham Young University. Dept. of Economics.
Edition: Version S-1 unstandardized.
Publisher: The Center; The Dept.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Chicago]; [Provo, Utah]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Statistics.; Veterans -- United States -- Health and hygiene -- Statistics.; Medical records -- United States -- Statistics.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Other titles: Surgeon's certificates 1860-1940
Description: Contains a portion of the historical data collected by the project "Early indicators of the later work levels, disease, and death."  The goal is to construct datasets suitable for longitudinal studies of factors affecting the aging process.
Notes: Title from disc label.
16,713 cases; 2,312 variables; rectangular format.
Sample of white males mustered into the Union Army into regiments from California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Electronic data in SAS and ASCII formats.
System requirements: Computer with CD-ROM drive.