59:30804 Hvidt,
Kristian. Danish emigration, 1868-1900 [MRDF]. [Dansk
oversoisk udvandring 1868-1900.] Pub. Order No. DDA-0670. 1992. Odense
Universitet, Dansk Data Arkiv: Odense, Denmark. In Dan. with sum. in
Eng.
This survey "examines Danish emigration between 1868 and 1900
in the context of the larger patterns of European migration, and it
analyzes the motive forces of that emigration by comparison with
migration from other countries, especially from the rest of
Scandinavia....The study covers 172,022 Danes who emigrated in the
period 1868-1900, and the following information was coded for each
emigrant: year and month of emigration; route...; volume and page
number in the registers; age; sex; accompanied or single...; occupation
or status (wife, child, widow, etc.); place of last residence in
Denmark; and destination." The file contains 172,022 logical records
and 18 variables with a record length of 49. The data are available on
reel-to-reel tape or diskette, at no charge. Accompanying
documentation and postage cost approximately U.S.
$10.
Correspondence: Odense Universitet, Dansk Data Arkiv,
Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Source: Odense
Universitet, Dansk Data Arkiv, DDA Nyt, No. 62, Summer 1992, p. 65.
59:30805 Schurer,
K.; Anderson, S. J.; Duncan, J. A. A guide to historical
datafiles held in machine-readable form. ISBN 0-9515352-1-8. 1992.
v, 339 pp. Association for History and Computing [AHC]: London,
England. In Eng.
"This publication provides information on over 650
data collections compiled from a wide variety of historical source
material. As such, it is an invaluable aid for any computer-using
historian undertaking research or teaching. The volume is divided into
three parts: an introduction outlining the nature and scope of the
project of which the book is a product; an inventory of datafiles
generated by historians located principally in the U.K.; a summary of
historical datafiles held overseas; and a set of six indexes, providing
quick and easy searching of the text." The primary geographical focus
is on the United Kingdom, although some of the data files concern other
countries.
Correspondence: Association for History and
Computing, c/o Department of History, Royal Holloway and Bedford New
College (University of London), Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
59:30806 United
States. National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS] (Hyattsville,
Maryland). Linked birth and infant death data set, 1987
[MRDF]. Pub. Order No. PB92-504604. [1993?]. Hyattsville,
Maryland. Distributed by National Technical Information Service. In
Eng.
"The linked birth and infant death data set contains two
separate files on magnetic tape. These can be used to calculate infant
mortality rates by selected infant and maternal characteristics. The
numerator file contains statistical data from linked birth and infant
death records. The denominator file includes the [1987 U.S.] NCHS
natality file and statistical data from a small number of additional
records for late filed birth certificates needed to link with infant
death records. Some of the variables included in the linked file are:
Race of mother, father, and child; Birth weight; Parity; Gestational
age;...APGAR score; Cause of death; Age of mother and father; Marital
status; Education attainment of mother and father; Prenatal care; [and]
Hispanic origin of mother and father...." The combined files contain
37,349 records, each with a record length of 500, and are available at
a cost of U.S. $1,270.
Correspondence: National Technical
Information Service, 5282 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
