Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research
The HSN was initiated during the period 1987−1989 when an interdisciplinary and interuniversity group of Dutch scholars started discussing the foundation of one large database with data on individuals. Building one general prospective database with multiple research possibilities was considered as...
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| description | The HSN was initiated during the period 1987−1989 when an interdisciplinary and interuniversity group of
Dutch scholars started discussing the foundation of one large database with data on individuals. Building one
general prospective database with multiple research possibilities was considered as the only way to realize
a cost-effective and properly documented tool for historical research from economic, social, demographic,
epidemiological and geographic perspective. The birth registration was considered the most adequate
sample framework. The new database should be 'open' in the sense that extension should be possible in all
kinds of ways: more sources or variables, more persons and larger time periods. The HSN was deliberately
created as a nationwide sample covering the whole 19th and 20th century. Since 1991 about 12 million
Euro has been invested in the database and related projects. Besides the basic sample about 25 additional
projects have been realized that created all kind of extensions to the database. A special project is LINKS by
which the indices of names from the Dutch civil registration are used to reconstruct pedigrees (for the period
1780−1940) and complete families (1811−1900) for the whole of the Netherlands or parts of it. In this article
we will present an overview of the research that was done with the original themes and the new fields that
were introduced over the years. We will also go into methodological issues that were picked up by the 'HSN
community' and we will point out the present and future challenges for the HSN. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-edb2fe8926d54ab39d032c77bb1e8f0b2025-02-02T09:01:16ZengInternational Institute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432020-06-01Online firstDutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and ResearchKees Mandemakers0Jan Kok1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4010-2979International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam & Erasmus University RotterdamRadboud University NijmegenThe HSN was initiated during the period 1987−1989 when an interdisciplinary and interuniversity group of Dutch scholars started discussing the foundation of one large database with data on individuals. Building one general prospective database with multiple research possibilities was considered as the only way to realize a cost-effective and properly documented tool for historical research from economic, social, demographic, epidemiological and geographic perspective. The birth registration was considered the most adequate sample framework. The new database should be 'open' in the sense that extension should be possible in all kinds of ways: more sources or variables, more persons and larger time periods. The HSN was deliberately created as a nationwide sample covering the whole 19th and 20th century. Since 1991 about 12 million Euro has been invested in the database and related projects. Besides the basic sample about 25 additional projects have been realized that created all kind of extensions to the database. A special project is LINKS by which the indices of names from the Dutch civil registration are used to reconstruct pedigrees (for the period 1780−1940) and complete families (1811−1900) for the whole of the Netherlands or parts of it. In this article we will present an overview of the research that was done with the original themes and the new fields that were introduced over the years. We will also go into methodological issues that were picked up by the 'HSN community' and we will point out the present and future challenges for the HSN.http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2020-0001?locatt=view:masterhistorical databaseslife coursesdemographysociologyepidemiologyhistoryeconomy |
| spellingShingle | Kees Mandemakers Jan Kok Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research Historical Life Course Studies historical databases life courses demography sociology epidemiology history economy |
| title | Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research |
| title_full | Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research |
| title_fullStr | Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research |
| title_short | Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987−): Development and Research |
| title_sort | dutch lives the historical sample of the netherlands 1987 development and research |
| topic | historical databases life courses demography sociology epidemiology history economy |
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