Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors

The focus of this article is on how a newly created database on causes of death in Amsterdam (1854–1940) may offer innovative insights by combining it with the available information from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). By doing so, it illustrates how future research can help to provi...

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Main Author: Tim Riswick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Social History 2021-03-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9564
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description The focus of this article is on how a newly created database on causes of death in Amsterdam (1854–1940) may offer innovative insights by combining it with the available information from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). By doing so, it illustrates how future research can help to provide new perspectives on ongoing debates on historical and contemporary infectious diseases by combining information from several historical sources and databases.
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Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
Historical Life Course Studies
Causes of death
Infectious diseases
Mortality risks
Amsterdam
title Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
title_full Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
title_fullStr Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
title_full_unstemmed Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
title_short Enriching the HSN With Individual Causes of Death. A Database for a Life-Course Analysis of Victims and Survivors
title_sort enriching the hsn with individual causes of death a database for a life course analysis of victims and survivors
topic Causes of death
Infectious diseases
Mortality risks
Amsterdam
url https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9564
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