This project will create nationally representative 1-in-100 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) of the 1860 and 1870 censuses of the United States Population. 1870 is the earliest year in which full information on the black population is available, and therefore will become the baseline for research in such areas as black family structure, fertility, and northward migration. The 1860 and 1870 enumerations together allow investigation of the massive demographic disruptions that resulted from the Civil War. They also will provide unprecedented information on property ownership during the heart of the nation's industrial transformation, and the first census information about occupations for women.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD034572-03
Application #
2674026
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1996-09-01
Project End
2001-08-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
168559177
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55455