Harmonized histories: manual for the preparation of comparative fertility and union histories

Brienna Perelli-Harris, Michaela R. Kreyenfeld and Karolin Kubisch
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Brienna Perelli-Harris: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Michaela R. Kreyenfeld: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Karolin Kubisch: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2010-011, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: This document describes the standardization process of the Harmonized Histories. The Harmonized Histories is a comparative database of rich reproductive and union histories from surveys conducted in a number of countries in Europe. Given that birth and union data has been collected in a number of ways in different surveys, it has been very difficult to conduct cross-national analyses of recent union and fertility behavior over time. A team of researchers called the Nonmarital Childbearing Network has cleaned and standardized the surveys according to guidelines set out in this manual. Currently, the database includes data from the Generations and Gender Surveys (GGSs) in Italy, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Russia; the 2003 Dutch Fertility and Family Survey; and the British Household Panel Survey.

Keywords: Europe; family formation; fertility; surveys (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2010-011

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